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Just a reminder...you need to get the B12 actual results. Doctors
still follow the outdated lab ranges, which go down to really low values, and they still call these "normal". Many doctors still call levels of 200pg/ml "normal".

You should be at least at 400pg/ml if you are in the US.
Other countries use different concentrations like pmol/L.

This is our B12 thread:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread85103.html

Testing is only one half of the investigative tools. Getting the results interpreted correctly is the OTHER HALF.
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Default B vitamins

My B12 was 792 pg/ml. Folate was >19.9ng/ml. I began a supplement with a lot of B vitamins, for hair loss on my scalp (hormonal) about 5 weeks before the foot burning became a daily occurrence. The podiatrist thinks the high folate may be aggravating my symptoms. However, the burning, in a more sporadic form, pre-dates the supplement usage by over a year. I initially suffered with severe nightly burning of my soles 8 years ago concurrently with a diagnosis of plantar fasciitis, which gradually responded to use of an orthotic for a few years.

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Just a reminder...you need to get the B12 actual results. Doctors
still follow the outdated lab ranges, which go down to really low values, and they still call these "normal". Many doctors still call levels of 200pg/ml "normal".

You should be at least at 400pg/ml if you are in the US.
Other countries use different concentrations like pmol/L.



Testing is only one half of the investigative tools. Getting the results interpreted correctly is the OTHER HALF.
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