Vitamin B and CMT

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Daria,

Good questions. Have a look at this link - you will find B6 listed.

http://www.hnf-cure.org/html/cmtrx.php

Now look at this link - you will find B6 there too.

http://www.charcot-marie-tooth.org/med_alert.php

Now read the following info from this link

http://www.jhhs.org/myjewishhospital/encyclopediaHTML/1951.html

The Recommended Dietary Allowance, called RDA, for vitamin B6 for men

is 2 milligrams (mcg) per day; for women, it's 1.6 mcg per day.

People who eat a well-balanced diet should get enough vitamin B6.

Most people do not need to take supplements. Someone with a vitamin

B6 deficiency can suffer from: mouth sores, nausea, nervousness,

fatigue, dizziness, convulsions, which are sudden, uncontrollable

muscle spasms. A person can get too much vitamin B6. This only

happens when high doses, more than 50 to 500 times the RDA, are taken

over months or years. This can cause temporary or permanent nerve

damage.

I take 4 mg per day (it is wrapped up in a multi-vitamin) and have

done this about 6 months with no ill effects. But, let me say that

each of us needs to be aware of what those CMT sites tell us, that

information was put together by medical doctors who know CMT well.

There is no need to bring on additional CMT symptoms or make ones CMT

worse. And of course, common sense dictates before beginning any

vitamin or supplement, consult your doctor.

I will go through my personal files and see what I have on B6 and

CMT, then post later.

~ Gretchen