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Re: Pregnancy and high dosages of Vitamin B6From: Ari (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sat, 28 Feb 1998 07:54:17 -0700
At 08:22 AM 2/28/98 -0600, you wrote: >I have been taking vitamin B6 supplements for one month I have been >taking 250 mg per day (not supervised by a doctor). I may be 2 weeks >pregnant. I am>very concerned about the effects of this dosage on the embryo. should I request >an ultrasound as soon as it is possible to determine whether the fetus has been adversely affected? I am not familiar with vit. B6 influencing progesterone levels. Could you refer me to your source on this? Vitamin B6 is water soluable, so in general, any amount that you don't use your body excretes, and does not build up toxic levels. I know of no evidence to suggest this would be harmful in any way to your fetus, nor of any antecdotal information to support the same. I do not believe an ultrasound would provide any information relevant to B6, however, it is common to have an anatomy survey at around 18-20 weeks, to be sure everything looks OK. Early in pregnancy the baby is not well developed enough to evaluate for any "birth defects" by ultrasound. Ingrid Gold, CNM
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