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Megavitamin-B6 syndrome, also known as hypervitaminosis B6, vitamin B6 toxicity, and vitamin B6 excess, [a] is a medical condition characterized by adverse effects resulting from excessive intake of vitamin B 6. [1][2][22] Primarily affecting the nervous system, this syndrome manifests through symptoms such as peripheral sensory neuropathy ...
Vitamin B 6 is a water-soluble vitamin, one of the B vitamins. The vitamin actually comprises a group of six chemically related compounds, i.e., vitamers, that all contain a pyridine ring as their core. These are pyridoxine, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, and their respective phosphorylated derivatives pyridoxine 5'-phosphate, pyridoxal 5'-phosphate ...
Megavitamin therapy is the use of large doses of vitamins, often many times greater than the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) in the attempt to prevent or treat diseases. Megavitamin therapy is typically used in alternative medicine by practitioners who call their approach orthomolecular medicine. [1] Vitamins are useful in preventing and ...
The ODS lists 100 mg of vitamin B6 as the limit for adults' daily intake, but other health agencies and experts say that upper limit should be way lower — closer to 12 mg, unless a doctor says ...
Megavitamin-B6 syndrome is a collection of symptoms that can result from chronic supplementation, or acute overdose, of vitamin B6. In addition to the ICD-10 name, it is also known as hypervitaminosis B6, vitamin B6 toxicity and vitamin B6 excess. Kolya Butternut ( talk) 01:02, 11 February 2020 (UTC) [ reply] Kolya Butternut tweaked it a bit.
B vitamins are a class of water-soluble vitamins that play important roles in cell metabolism and synthesis of red blood cells. [1][2] They are a chemically diverse class of compounds. [1] Dietary supplements containing all eight are referred to as a vitamin B complex. Individual B vitamins are referred to by B-number or by chemical name, such ...
Toxicology. Causes. Excessive consumption of vitamins. Hypervitaminosis is a condition of abnormally high storage levels of vitamins, which can lead to various symptoms as over excitement, irritability, or even toxicity. Specific medical names of the different conditions are derived from the given vitamin involved: an excess of vitamin A, for ...
Megavitamin-B6 syndrome; V. Vitamin D toxicity This page was last edited on 27 November 2020, at 02:44 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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