Solgar Vitamin B6 25 mg, 100 Tablets - Supports Energy Metabolism, Heart Health & Healthy Nervous System - B Complex Supplement - Vegan, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Kosher - 100 Servings (Pack of 2)

The best size for a B6 daily supplement

The maximum "safe" dosage of vitamin B6 is 100mg per day from all sources, including food, so I'm surprised that it's so hard to find smaller doses than 100mg. This isn't one of those vitamins that you can just expel if you've had too much. This is particularly important if you are pregnant. Now, I know it's water soluble, but my doc and online sources including the Mayo Clinic and the National Institute of Health all say you have to be careful to not overdose with B6. It's different than vitamin C that you can just pee away. I take three of these per day plus my multi which has 20mg in it, and that meets my needs while leaving a little breathing room for the B6 I get from food (usually just a couple mg per day which is itself about 100% of the RDA.) I take three of these instead of one big vitamin also because I need sustained release, not all coming into my system at once. I like that it's a dark glass jar with a metal lid and cotton inside. No plastic touches the vitamins (which isn't a deal-breaker for me of course, just kinda nice.

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Excellent sleep aid !

I had no idea a low dose of B6 in the evening can help you sleep so well. I've had insomnia for over a decade and get about 4 hours a night WITH a sleeping pill. Now I've been able to give up my sleeping pills and I average about 7-8 hours a night of solid sleep

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Appropriate Dose

Everything I read about B6 indicates it shouldn't be all that much in supplements. The RDA is only around 1-2mg per day, but I see 100mg, 500mg and so forth. Overdoing a supplement can be just as bad as a deficiency, and I wanted something "reasonable." Solgar is one of the few companies offering a lower dosage, and the price is affordable. I also read that B6, although water-soluble, tends to last around 8 hours. From what I'm seeing, this product works just fine. I like it

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Worked for me

Worked for me for morning sickness-- took 1 tab 3 times per day throughout my first trimester with significant improvement in my nausea. Couldn't take Diclegis due to sedating effects of the other ingredient, doxylamine, and found this worked well for me. Definitely worth a try

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Taking to Increase Progesterone

Whether you need help getting pregnant, your hormones are unbalanced or your progesterone level is low; Vitamin B6 will help. From what I've read, the luteal phase which is after ovulation has to become longer for your progesterone level to rise. And that taking B6 can help you achieve this. I am currently going through PeriMenopause which is the period before Menopause that begins in your 40s. My periods had been very unpredictable, beyond heavy and I had been struggling with large period blood clots. All common symptoms of low progesterone. But taking progesterone can cause a lot of bad side effects; so l decided to go the natural route. It has been six weeks since I started taking Solgar's B6 2X/day and the first symptom that I got rid of was this churning butterfly sensation that made me feel like I was pregnant and was probably caused by my estrogen dominance. I ovulated this month and I did not have any spotting and my period came on time and it was much lighter with fewer clots. It is still early days but this approach seems to be moving me in the right direction and letting me be in control instead of my period dictating my life for me

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B-6 25 mg can possibly help & Solgar is convenient

Hi Folks, Vitamins and minerals are essential in the world of Fast Food and genetic manipulation of our food chain. My Grandfather was a MD (GP) and was like a Doc Baker in the "Little House on the Prairie" TV series. He passed away in early 60's and was convinced from his life's medical research that quality balanced vitamins/minerals could help prevent certain types of cancer. As it turns out he was correct in his analysis. Today's Medical World, although somewhat reluctant in certain arenas to admit it, have documented his conclusions with Medical facts. With that said, I have a personal need for a little extra B-6 and Solgar are the only folks I know of who manufacture B-6 in the 25 mg strength and Amazon is convenient for me. Warning, please pay attention here: B-6 and B Vitamins are not water soluble so you can hurt your nervous system and possibly your liver by taking too many Vitamin B(s) on a daily basis. This means to be safe you have to collectively total your daily multiple vitamin and any other supplement(s) you take for a period of 24 hours and do the math. So how much is too much Vitamin B(s)? I am not going to play doctor here nor take any responsibility in this review here what so ever if anyone reading this takes too much Vitamin B(s)of any combination and quantity, whether Solgar or any brand or variety of B(s) Vitamins. If you want to know what the guidelines for safe quantities of B(s) Vitamins are, I suggest you Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc. and do some reading before you purchase Vitamin B(s) regardless of manufacturer, type of B(s) Vitamin or quantities daily consumed. I take a Men's 50 multivitamin and I can safely take an extra Solgar B-6 25 mg (1 tab) daily and stay well within the guidelines laid out by Doctors and Nutritionist on the search engines. I suggest that you start there and rely on that data as opposed to just random comments by users, including me in order to be safe. Everyone's individual Titration or balance for your body's needs are different. If you want to do the right thing by your own body you have to do the home work first and not go on the basis of feelings, comments or assumptions, but only clinical medical facts. Stay safe. I hope this helps. Blessings, Phi

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Hard-to-find dose of B6

If you've ever had morning sickness, you know a very common recommendation from doctors is 25 mg of B6, 3 times a day. Taking more than that can result in some nasty side effects, such as tingly hands and feet. However, I couldn't find doses smaller than 100 mg in my grocery store. Taking the vitamins three times a day helps meter out the effects. First, if you're suffering from morning sickness, I don't know of any other non-prescription option as effective as B6. All the other options will help you deal with the nausea, but none that I'm aware of have a significant effect in terms of actually reducing the nausea you feel. If you're suffering, definitely try B6. It's helped me a lot. Second, this is the dosage I was looking for. The vitamins came promptly in a sturdy glass bottle and seem to be working

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Take these for a great night's sleep

For awhile I had some trouble sleeping because of low hormones. I am in my 40s. I was told I had low progesterone but I didn't want to take hormones because of the cancer risks. I take half a pill each morning. Every since the first day, I am sleeping better and better. It took about a month for it to reach a full affect where I always sleep through the night now, even if I forget a pill. As for safety of Vitamin B6 I am cautious. I have never taken a whole pill. Also, I take a break here and there for a day or two. I did notice that the days I did not take half a pill, I didn't sleep as well. So, I went back to taking it every day until I slept like a rock. I suspect I was low in Vitamin B6 and after a month maybe it was in range. I am on a gluten free diet. I eat meat almost every day. I had my blood levels checked and everything was in normal range (except progesterone which was low, and estrogen low as well, but not menopausal). There are some people posting they take 3 or 4 pills a day. I don't think that is safe. I also don't feel like it would be necessary for me. Once I took these in the afternoon and I didn't sleep as well, maybe because Vitamin B6 is energizing to me. So, take cautious if you take it before bed. I don't feel like that would work for me so I continue to take it in the morning. Everyone is different

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Excellent for pregnancy nausea

I have been taking these 3-4x a day for pregnancy nausea since 5 weeks, along with 1/2 of a Unisom tablet twice a day. This is my fifth pregnancy and this is the first time I've ever gotten to 12 weeks without vomiting a single time! I have still had some waves of nausea, but I really credit the B6/Unisom combo (which was suggested by my doctor) with keeping it to a minimum this time

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It does help with morning sickness!!!

This is only day 2 of taking the vitamins and I must admit I am feeling better. I take 1 at night when I take my "sleepy night night" medication. I NEVER had morning sickness with my other 2 kids and this was making we want to run into the ocean. I am excited to see how they continue to help balance my hormone levels out!! Thus helping with the morning sickness. Or must I say all day sickness.

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