On 7 Apr 2003 at 14:20, David Miller wrote:

> A client I am seeing has Raynaud's. She is trying all the helpful
> things suggested recently on Lactnet with some effect.She asked me
> about vitamin B6. I have advised against her taking vitamin B6 as
> suggested in Jack Newman's handout. He suggests 150-200mg/day once a
> day for 4 days and then 25mg once a day until she is pain free. When I
> looked vitamin B6 up in Hale he says the vitamin should be given in
> modest amounts(< 25mgs/day) and in high doses the drug becomes
> category L4 (possibly hazardous). The vitamin is associated with
> reduced milk production.
>
> In view of this drug information, and that there is no research to
> show it works, should vitamin B6 be recommended as a supplement for a
> woman suffering with Raynauds?

I have no medical background, but I think you should weigh the pro's
and con's. Will mom discontinue breastfeeding if the Raynaud's keeps
hurting this much? What are the hazards of overdose? How long do
mothers in general continue taking the vitamin? What is the general
prescription of B6 where it becomes L4, is that already at 4 days, or
did dr. Hale calculate a couple of months into his equasion of the
safety of the vitamin?
4 Days of L4 medication could be less of a medical risk for baby than
a couple of months of formula.


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Heleen Hayes
http://www.xs4all.nl/~hhayes

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