Re: Dura- B12, 6 and folic acid.

[Guest guest]

That's good news.

See the ref below and the DIAGRAM - seems it's folic acid that has

the biggest impact- even though all 3 are required.

Your dose of B12 is probably just so high that your

blood consentration is always high- your body *is* trying to

elminate it though I'm sure.

Barb-

PS- SO can you FEEL a difference now that the homocyctein is normal?

http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/vitamins/vitaminB12/

> Had a high homocysteine level (21, normal for women < 7) and was

> prescribed by the doc B12, B6, and folic acid for this. My

baseline

> B12 was about 600 (normal range: 200-900) I've been taking the

> following amounts for the last 2 months: B12: 1250 mcg sublingual

> daily; B6: (p-5-p version) 17 mg sublingual daily; Folic acid:

> (metafolin version) 800 mcg daily.

>

> I was just retested and my homocysteine is down to 10.1, a very

nice

> improvement. My B12 is now 1400, the upper range of normal being

900.

> So here are my questions (finally, right?): Any adverse

> reactions/potential problems from a high B12 level? And, why isn't

my

> body simply " getting rid of " the access?

>

> As a side note, no denying the efficacy of sublingual B12

> (cyanocobalamin version) on me!

>

> I've not had a chance to discuss these test results with doc yet,

but

> am cutting my B12 back to once a week in the meantime...