B6 for (Was :Re: mucous in stool - for Darla)

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Dear ,

Not sure whether you know my son had Infantile Spasms as a baby which

didn't stop when given huge doses of steroids and Vigabatrin but which

responded totally to 100mg daily of Vitamin B6 (which was prescribed to

my son on the National Health by his consultant paediatric

neurologist). If you can't get it on prescription than I recommend you

buy pyridoxine hydrochloride BP 100mg tablets (a pack of 28 costs about

£1). BP means British Pharmaceutical standard and the Vitamin level

will be what it says (within the allowable tolerance level of about

5%). If you buy health food shop etc B6 there is no way of knowing how

much B6 the tablets contain - I know someone in Canada whose hospital

tested several commercial brands and found they often contained very

much less than the stated amount. Some children with pyridoxine

dependency (a rare inborn error of metabolism) need P5P as they can't

convert the pyridoxine = another thing to consider.

Margaret