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| | Vitamin B6 -- Pyridoxine - Elson M. Haas M.D. - HealthWorld Online |
 | | Pyridoxine is absorbed readily from the small intestine and used throughout the body in a multitude of functions. | | | Pyridoxine is a natural diuretic and is often helpful not only for the previously mentioned premenstrual problems but also in overweight and fluid-retaining people and as an adjunct to blood pressure control. | | | So many functions are performed by pyridoxine that its deficiency affects the whole body. |
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| | Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) |
| | A preliminary study found that pyridoxine was slightly more effective than methylphenidate (a medication used to treat ADHD) in improving behavior among hyperactive children. | | | Heller CA, Friedman PA. Pyridoxine deficiency and peripheral neuropathy associated with long-term phenelzine therapy. | | | Although intriguing, the results of this study were not significant and no other studies have been able to confirm these findings. |
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http://www.umm.edu/altmed/ConsSupplements/VitaminB6Pyridoxinecs.html
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| | Pyridoxine (Vitamin B 6) (Systemic) - MayoClinic.com |
| | Claims that pyridoxine is effective for treatment of acne and other skin problems, alcohol intoxication, asthma, hemorrhoids, kidney stones, mental problems, migraine headaches, morning sickness, and menstrual problems, or to stimulate appetite or milk production have not been proven. | | | Injectable pyridoxine is given by or under the supervision of a health care professional. | | | Increased need for pyridoxine should be determined by your health care professional. |
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http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DR202493
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| | Vitamin B6 ( Pyridoxine ) |
| | There is a lot of evidence that suggests that pyridoxine is involved in cancer. | | | Since pyridoxine is water-soluble and sensitive to light, many canning and processing procedures destroy substantial amounts of it. | | | This is another one of those places where caution is well-advised before concluding the vitamin is either useless or omnipotent. |
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http://www.herbs2000.com/vitamins/v_b6.htm
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| | eMedicine - Pyridoxine Deficiency : Article by Richard E Frye, MD, PhD |
| | Pyridoxine breakdown is enhanced in conditions associated with increased alkaline phosphatase levels. | | | Supplementation of pyridoxine hydrochloride in various medical conditions is as follows: | | | Pyridoxine deficiency causes blood, skin, and nerve changes. |
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| | Product Abstract: Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) |
| | Many conditions in clinical neurology may be responsive to pyridoxine as a therapeutic agent. | | | If pyridoxine supplementation can improve the efficacy of currently used medications, it will be gladly accepted into our therapeutic arsenal. | | | This is a report on recent developments in pediatric psychopharmacology: new drugs and new applications for established drugs. |
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| | Herb World News Online · Research Reviews |
| | In comparison with pyridoxine, Vitex was associated with "a considerably more marked alleviation of typical PMTS complaints, such as breast tenderness, edema, inner tension, headache, constipation, and depression." Overall, 77.1% of subjects taking Vitex reported improvements, compared to 60.6% of those in the pyridoxine group. | | | Side effects were reported by 5 women in the pyridoxine group and 12 in the Vitex group, including headache, gastrointestinal and lower abdominal complaints, and skin problems. | | | With regard to physician assessments, 80% felt that both treatments provided "adequate" efficacy. |
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| | Epilepsy Action: Pyridoxine Responsive Epilepsy |
| | The condition is also sometimes called pyridoxine responsive epilepsy. | | | This means the following: When a child is thought to have the condition, pyridoxine (vitamin B6) is given for a period of time, varying from a few days, or ideally, for three or four weeks. | | | In view of this, a number of doctors - particularly in Japan and some Eastern European countries - will give pyridoxine as the very first drug when an infant presents with infantile spasms, in case they may have pyridoxine-dependency. |
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| | AANP: Pyridoxine May Reduce Carpal Tunnel Symptoms |
| | In those who achieved a response to pyridoxine, the effects were seen within 3 weeks of starting treatment, Dr. Holm said. | | | Patients in the pyridoxine group experienced a significant positive effect compared with the control group (P | | | "That is really the main point -- that there is no risk for non-Parkinson's patients in taking [pyridoxine]," said study author Gregory Holm, MD, an assistant professor of nursing and medicine at the University of South Florida, in Tampa, Florida, United States. |
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http://www.docguide.com/dg.nsf/PrintPrint/08E39872E733583885256D5800648985
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| | pyridoxine (vitamin B6), Eastern Carolina |
| | Before taking pyridoxine, talk to your doctor, pharmacist, or health care professional if you have any other medical conditions, allergies, or if you take other medicines or other herbal/health supplements. | | | Your doctor, pharmacist, or health care provider may have more information about pyridoxine. | | | Talk to your doctor and pharmacist before taking or using any other prescription or over-the-counter medicines or herbal/health supplements. |
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http://www.uhseast.com/148348.cfm
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| | Vitamin B6 - pyridoxine information page. All about vitamin B6 (also known as pyridoxine) and the role it plays in your ... |
| | Deficiency of vitamin B6 Irritability, nervousness and insomnia as well as general weakness, skin changes such as dermatitis and acne as well asthma and allergies might develop when pyridoxine is in short supply. | | | People taking pyridoxine late at night sometimes experience very vivid dreams. | | | Vitamin B6, also known as pyridoxine is part of the B group vitamins and is water-soluble and is required for both mental and physical health. |
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http://www.anyvitamins.com/vitamin-b6-pyridoxine-info.htm
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| | Vitamin B6 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Ebben, M., Lequerica, A., and Spielman A. Effects of pyridoxine on dreaming: a preliminary study. | | | At least one preliminary study has found that this vitamin may increase dream vividness or the ability to recall dreams | | | An overdose of pyridoxine can cause a temporary deadening of certain nerves such as the proprioceptory nerves; causing a feeling of disembodiment common with the loss of proprioception. |
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http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyridoxine
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| | PYRIDOXINE/vitamin B6 |
| | It is important that your physician or pharmacist knows about other drugs you are taking, even medications you can buy without a prescription. | | | What other PRECAUTIONS should you follow while using this drug? | | | Pyridoxine requirements are increased during pregnancy and breast-feeding and also in patients taking birth control or hormone replacement therapy. |
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| | NEL, Pyridoxine and melatonin secretion |
| | The activity of pyridoxine as a coenzyme in the tryptophan metabolism was described in the kinurenine and methoxyindole pathways (5). | | | Pinealocytes uses tryptophan as substrate for melatonin synthesis, and melatonin levels change as a function of tryptophan availability (2). | | | Melatonin was shown to increase brain pyridoxal phosphokinase activity, inhibition of glutaminergic neurotransmission, resulting in inhibitory effects on central nervous system activity (8). |
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| | Olympus MIC-D: Polarized Light Gallery - Pyridoxine (Vitamin B-6) |
| | In the body, however, the parahydroxymethyl moiety is oxidized to an aldehyde and the similar group in the meta position is phosphorylated, resulting in the biologically active pyridoxal phosphate. | | | The original compound that was isolated is pyridoxine, named due to its structural similarity with pyridine, but possessing an additional hydroxymethyl group in the para position. | | | Pyridoxine was discovered in the 1930s as the result of a series of nutritional investigations of rats fed vitamin-free diets. |
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| | VITAMIN B-6 (PYRIDOXINE) |
| | Vitamin B-6 (Pyridoxine) enters the body from the small intestines | | | Pyridoxine supplementation should be considered in psychiatric patients with drug-induced movement disorders, such as Parkinsonism and tardive dyskinesia. | | | Pyridoxine, compared with a placebo, was effective in alleviating premenstrual symptoms. |
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| | Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine: Pyridoxine |
| | Consult a health care professional before beginning a program of supplementation. | | | The effectiveness of levodopa is reduced by pyridoxine. | | | Pyridoxine has numerous therapeutic uses apart from merely treating deficiency. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2603/is_0001/ai_2603000104
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| | Vitamin B6 |
| | , in the form of pyridoxine hydrochloride, has been found to lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure in a small group of subjects with essential hypertension. | | | Clinical results of a cross-over treatment with pyridoxine and placebo of the carpal tunnel syndrome. | | | The major glycosylated form of pyridoxine in most plant-derived foods is pyridoxine 5'-beta-D-glucoside. |
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| | Homocysteine and Thrombotic Disease -- D'Angelo and Selhub 90 (1): 1 -- Blood |
| | -synthase deficiency in pyridoxine responsive and nonresponsive homocystinuria. | | | Barber GW, Spaeth GL: The successful treatment of homocystinuria with pyridoxine. | | | Palareti G, Salardi S, Pizzi S, Legnani C, Poggi M, Grauso F, Caniato A, Coccheri S, Cacciari E: Blood coagulation changes in homocystinuria: Effects of pyridoxine and other specific therapy. |
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| | pyridoxine on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Validity of pyridoxine therapy for carpal tunnel syndrome. |
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| | Pyridoxine |
| | relationship in E. coli pyridoxine 5’-phosphate oxidase; 1.5... | | | high does of pyridoxine are a remedyPyridoxine Pyridoxin (B6) This vitamin may... | | | the activity of pyridoxine, Snell tried the same... |
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| | Pyridoxine-Dependent Seizures |
| | Physicians interested in obtaining clinical and/or therapeutic information on pyridoxine-dependent seizures may wish to contact: | | | While the effective treatment of patients with PDS requires lifelong pharmacologic supplements of pyridoxine, given the rarity of this disorder there have been no controlled studies to determine the optimal dose. | | | Daily supplementation with pharmacologic doses of pyridoxine is the accepted treatment for this disorder. |
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| | Vitamin B6 |
| | It performs a wide variety of functions in your body and is essential for your good health. | | | Medical College physicians practice at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, the Milwaukee VA Medical Center, and many other hospitals and clinics in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin. | | | Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin that exists in three major chemical forms: pyridoxine, pyridoxal, and pyridoxamine. |
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| | Herbal Descriptions - Pyridoxine - Vitamin B6 |
| | Persons with serious medical conditions should always seek professional care. | | | A deficiency of Pyridoxine may result in nervousness, insomnia, skin eruptions, loss of muscular control, anemia, mouth disorders, muscular weakness, dermatitis, arm and leg cramps, loss of hair, slow learning, and/or water retention. | | | Herbal Descriptions - Pyridoxine - Vitamin B6 About.....Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) |
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| | Alternative Medicine Review: Vitamin B6 - Pyridoxine; Pyridoxal 5'-Phosphate |
| | FindArticles > Health and Fitness > Alternative Medicine Review > Feb, 2001 > Article | | | In patients receiving pyridoxine HC1, only 33 percent responded with an increase in plasma P5P, while all of the patients receiving P5P responded with an increase.[6] | | | Several cases of B6-responsive anemias have shown no response to pyridoxine and prompt response to P5P. |
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| | Indian Pediatrics - Editorial |
| | Though pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy is a rare condition, it is readily treatable. | | | An initial response to a traditional antiepileptic therapy may occur for as long as 3 months. | | | Once the diagnosis is confirmed, maintenance therapy should be continued indefinitely and doses increased with age or intercurrent illnesses. |
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| | Pyridoxine pharmacology |
| | Once a definite response to treatment with pyridoxine has been established, therapy should be continued indefinitely. | | | High doses may be required during periods of intercurrent illness. | | | If seizures persist during the observation period, conventional anticonvulsant therapy should be instituted. |
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| | * Pyridoxine - (Diet): Definition |
| | However, patients taking D-penicillamine may develop a deficiency of vitamin B-6 (pyridoxine), and the physician may prescribe a supplement of 25 mg daily... | | | Vitamin B6, also known as pyridoxine, helps brain function and helps the body convert protein to energy. | | | Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) has not been proven to heal carpal tunnel syndrome... |
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| | Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) |
| | Patients exposed to radiation, those with heart disease, and those on certain medications are most apt to need higher doses. | | | Pyridoxine has numerous functions in the body and is of primary importance in the proper action of more than 60 enzymes. | | | There are some, however who need pyridoxine far more than the average adult. |
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| | * Pyridoxine - (Disease): Definition |
| | Daily doses of pyridoxine (vitamin B6) may lessen or prevent some side effects of ethionamide or isoniazid. | | | These are water-soluble so cannot he stored in the body... | | | Drugs such as penicillamine, zinc and pyridoxine are used to help remove excess accumulated copper from body tissues... |
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| | Vitamin B6, Linus Pauling Institute's Micronutrient Information Center |
| | Because placebo-controlled studies have generally failed to show therapeutic benefits of high doses of pyridoxine, there is little reason to exceed the UL of 100 mg/day. | | | (pyridoxine) over a placebo in the prevention of side effects, such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, depression, and irritability (16). | | | None of the studies, in which an objective neurological examination was performed, found evidence of sensory nerve damage at intakes of pyridoxine below 200 mg/day (15). |
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| | Vitamin B6 - Pyridoxine |
| | The most common symptoms are nervous system disorders (primarily balance problems, numbness in the extremities and difficulty with walking) and skin lesions. | | | is a group of closely related water-soluble compounds, most commonly referred to simply as pyridoxine, that are essential in numerous biochemical pathways involving red blood cells, the immune system, central nervous system function, protein metabolism, homocysteine metabolism, and also the production of energy. | | | consists of six specific compounds, namely pyridoxine, pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, and their respective phosphates, the latter group of which are the most active components in numerous reactions involving amino acid and protein metabolism. |
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| | Jarrow Pyridoxine/Vitamin B6 50mg, 100 cap |
| | In the body, pyridoxine is found primarily in the liver and muscles. | | | Pyridoxine is utilized by the liver to synthesize pyridoxal phosphate (PLP), the active coenzyme form. | | | Pyridoxine is a water-soluble B vitamin typically found in plant products including bananas, navy beans and walnuts. |
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| | Vitamin B-6 |
| | The term vitamin B-6 should be used as the generic descriptor for all 3-hydroxy-2-methylpyridine derivatives exhibiting qualitatively in rats the biological activity of pyridoxine. | | | An extensive literature has accumulated on the chemistry and biochemistry of the B-6 vitamins and coenzymes, of their metabolites and of many related synthetic compounds that often exhibit biological activity as substitutes for or as antagonists of the corresponding natural products. | | | The positional numeral, 5'-, may be omitted where no ambiguity arises (in biochemical papers, etc. |
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| | Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) |
| | Vitamin B6 is quite stable to heat but is sensitive to air, UV light and alkali. | | | In the body, pyridoxine is normally stored as pyridoxal-5-phosphate (PLP), the coenzyme form of the vitamin. | | | By replacing the -CH OH group on position 4 of the pyridoxine molecule with -CH and -CHO respectively, two related compounds, pyridoxamine and pyridoxal can be formed which are also vitamin active. |
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| | nutrition.org -- Nutritent Information |
| | Recent research: Current studies involve the bioavailability of pyridoxine glycosides, which can account for a significant fraction of the vitamin B6 in some plant products; improved methods of assessing vitamin B6 status and requirements; and alterations in vitamin B6 metabolism in various pathological conditions, particularly heart disease and homocysteine. |
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| | Vitamin B 6 ( Pyridoxine Hydrochloride HCI ) |
| | They are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. | | | B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), Natural Factors, 100 mg, 90 Tablets | | | B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), Natural Factors, 50 mg, 90 Tabs |
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| | Open Directory - Health: Nutrition: Nutrients: Vitamins and Minerals: Pyridoxine |
| | Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6) - A detailed description of pyridoxine, including information on its functions, health benefits, and deficiency symptoms. | | | Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) - Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) fact sheet offering details on the functions, health benefits, dosage, sources, deficiency and overdose symptoms of this vitamin. | | | Consumer Guide to Vitamin B-6 - Discussion including benefits and usage, daily requirement, deficiency risk factors, and food sources. |
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http://dmoz.org/Health/Nutrition/Nutrients/Vitamins_and_Minerals/Pyridoxine
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| | Holistic Health Encyclopedia - P |
| | This problem was thought to be secondary to the liver's inability to convert the pyridoxine HCL to the pyridoxal-5-phosphate form (which requires vitamin B2, magnesium & a well functioning liver.) Using P-5-P avoids this problem. | | | It is necessary for the absorption & utilization of certain minerals & is required for the proper functioning of over sixty enzyme systems in our bodies. | | | It is important to take the active co-enzyme form of B6, pyridoxal-5-phosphate (P-5-P.) Many B6 supplements are the inactive pyridoxine HCL form. |
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