Those who are in the habit of buying and taking vitamin supplements unnecessarily, beware. Eight’s work will come to you. An 86-year-old man lost the ability to walk after taking too much vitamin B6 supplements is now going viral.
Australian media reported the news. An 86-year-old man lost the ability to walk after taking 70 times the recommended daily dose of vitamin B6 supplements. He was admitted to the hospital after he felt that he was losing sensation in his leg. Blood tests also showed that excessive use of vitamin B6 affected the ability to walk.
The doctor prescribed a daily dose of 50 mg after finding low levels of vitamin B6. The recommended amount of vitamin B6 for people under 50 is 1.3 milligrams. After 50, 1.5 mg is recommended for women and 1.7 mg for men. But the 50 mg daily dose prescribed for the 86-year-old is too high by Australian and American standards.
In addition to his daily dose, he also took magnesium supplements and B6 fortified cereal for breakfast, making matters worse. Taking too much vitamin B6 is usually not a problem. Excess vitamin is excreted through urine. But long-term amitadose can make the body toxic.
Doses of vitamin B6 above 200 mg may lead to neurological problems. Loss of sensation in the legs is a symptom of this. Once the overdose is stopped, things return to normal within six months.
Vitamin B6 cannot be produced in the body, so it must be obtained through diet and supplements. Vitamin B6 is found in pork, chicken, fish, peas, soybeans, oats, fruit, milk, and potatoes.