How to take B6?
Vitamin B6 is very important for healthorganism. With his lack or absence, convulsions, hair loss, deterioration of eyesight, lowering of blood pressure, etc. can occur. Therefore, it is so important not to allow B6 deficiency. Let's talk about how to take it right.
Admission of vitamin B6: dosage
To correctly take vitamin B6, the following dosages should be observed:
- children from 6 to 12 months - 0.5 mg once a day;
- children from one year to 3 years - 0.9-1.3 mg once a day;
- children from 3 to 7 years of age - 1,3-1,5 mg once a day;
- children from 7 to 14 years - 1.5-1.7 mg once a day;
- adolescents - from 1.7 to 2 mg per day;
- adults - 2-3 mg 1-2 times a day.
It is best if the exact dosagethe doctor will pick up after the spent inspection and delivery of analyzes. In case if anemia is detected, it will be necessary to take vitamin B6 30 mg 3 times a day for 25 days. After 2 months, the course of treatment is repeated. In the prevention or deficiency of vitamin B6 it is necessary to take it for 2 weeks to children and 1 month to adults.
B6 reception in pregnancy
During the period of gestation the body of a womanespecially needs vitamin B6, as it is consumed in large quantities for the development of the fetus. The daily norm of vitamin B6 in this case is the following - 3 mg.
How to take B6 correctly
That vitamin B6 is better assimilated, its or hisrecommended in the morning. If you need to drink it several times a day, but the last reception should not be later than 16 hours. Vitamin B6 can not be washed down with milk. It is also not recommended to take it along with calcium and phosphate.
Contraindications and side effects
Vitamin B6 should not be taken in the following cases:
- liver damage;
- cardiac ischemia;
- a stomach ulcer or 12 duodenal ulcer.
Also pay attention to the side effects that can occur when taking vitamin B6 (in most cases with an increase in daily dosage):
- diarrhea;
- nausea;
- dizziness;
- weakness;
- decreased attention;
- headache.
It should be borne in mind that B6 is best absorbed from food. About where B6 is contained, you will learn from the article In which products vitamin B6.
