with severe fatigue should get tested for B12 levels.
Once you start taking B-complex (especially in high doses) you
skew your blood work.
Low B12 is more common than people AND DOCTORS think.
In Japan they medicate anyone with a reading of less than 500.
In this country 200 is considered "normal" and it is not.
1mg /day minimum is a good place to start. that is 1000mcg
of methyl type which is the activated form.
Some conditions are showing up as low B12 in the spinal fluid.
Fibro has shown this fact for example.
For MS:
Quote:
J Neurol Sci. 2005 Jun 15;233(1-2):93-7.Click here to read Links
Vitamin B12, demyelination, remyelination and repair in multiple sclerosis.
Miller A, Korem M, Almog R, Galboiz Y.
Division of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Center, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa 34362, Israel. millera@tx.technion.ac.il
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and vitamin B12 deficiency share common inflammatory and neurodegenerative pathophysiological characteristics. Due to similarities in the clinical presentations and MRI findings, the differential diagnosis between vitamin B12 deficiency and MS may be difficult. Additionally, low or decreased levels of vitamin B12 have been demonstrated in MS patients. Moreover, recent studies suggest that vitamin B12, in addition to its known role as a co-factor in myelin formation, has important immunomodulatory and neurotrophic effects. These observations raise the questions of possible causal relationship between the two disorders, and suggest further studies of the need to close monitoring of vitamin B12 levels as well as the potential requirement for supplementation of vitamin B12 alone or in combination with the immunotherapies for MS patients.
PMID: 15896807 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE
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We have many posts on the vitamin forum about B12. Take a l@@k.
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