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What is Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)?

Vitamin B6, pyridoxine, is required for the synthesis of the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine, and for myelin formation.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 33 2 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 16 3 Efficacy_cant_tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 8 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Increase effect of another treatment 7 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Epilepsy 3 1 Efficacy_major
Depressed mood 3 0

See all 90 patients currently taking Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 15

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)

Insomnia 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine). See all 21 dosages ►

  daily 100mg as needed 100mg/mL as needed 1 mg daily 4 mg daily 5 mg daily 25 mg daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 200 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 17 Number of Patients: 17 44 Number of Patients: 44 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 14   Other: 47%
Doctor's advice 7   Doctor's advice: 23%
Did not seem to work 6   Did not seem to work: 20%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 10%
Personal research 2   Personal research: 7%
Expense 2   Expense: 7%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 7%

See all 30 patients who’ve stopped taking Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)

Always
 11 73%
Usually
 3 20%
Sometimes
 1 7%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 7%
A little
 5 33%
Not at all
 9 60%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 8 100%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.