“Vitamin B6?”
My doctor had me take a vitamin B6 blood test and mentioned not to stop taking the B complex that I take every day and that I didn't need to fast before the bloodwork. Well, the results came back and I'm at 150.8nml and the standard range is 20.1-21.9. So I'm way over the standard for this vitamin. Are the results incorrect cause I didn't fast and stop taking vitamin B6 before the test? What do I do about this as I already stopped taking the vitamin?
Female | 57 years old
Medications: none
Conditions: nausea
2 Answers
The vitamin B6 level being high is not dangerous. Luckily B vitamins are what we call water soluble meaning anything extra your body has will just pee it back out. It’s why when your on a B vitamin or a complex your urine often is highlighter yellow in color.
Usually when docs check vitamin levels, we often do no have patients stop their supplement that way we know what the body is doing in that moment. If your worried it’s always ok to stop the complex. Technically most people who eat a well balanced diet should get all their B vitamins unless you’ve had a gastric bypass or have other absorption issues from gut issues.
Not sure if that actually answers the question or not. For nausea I do often have patients try low dose vitamin b6 as it can help people. If your supplement has very high doses maybe try lowering it and see how you do.
Kay Kelts,DO
Usually when docs check vitamin levels, we often do no have patients stop their supplement that way we know what the body is doing in that moment. If your worried it’s always ok to stop the complex. Technically most people who eat a well balanced diet should get all their B vitamins unless you’ve had a gastric bypass or have other absorption issues from gut issues.
Not sure if that actually answers the question or not. For nausea I do often have patients try low dose vitamin b6 as it can help people. If your supplement has very high doses maybe try lowering it and see how you do.
Kay Kelts,DO
Stop taking the vitamin b6 and recheck labs in one month to ensure it is going down
Dr Georgekutty
Dr Georgekutty
