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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.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 9 0
Other 5 1
Stiffness/Spasticity 1 0
Nerve pain (neuropathic pain) 1 0
Slow my MS progress 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
1 100%

Dosages

  daily 4 mg daily 20 mg daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
3 50% Other: 50%
Doctor's advice
2 33% Doctor's advice: 33%
Expense
1 17% Expense: 17%
Course of treatment ended
1 17% Course of treatment ended: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped taking Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)

Currently Taking Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)

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

Stopped Taking Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
1 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 100%

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Report created on November 23, 2009.