JAMIESON B6, B12 and Folic Acid, 90 + 20 tabs

A select B Vitamin complex specially formulated to support heart health. This convenient one-a-day supplement helps control and helps reduce homocysteine levels.

Vitamins B₆, B₁₂, and folic acid work together to break down excess homocysteine in the body, thereby reducing the risk of arterial accumulation. People at risk of high, circulating homocysteine levels can benefit from supplementing with Vitamin B₆, Vitamin B₁₂ and folic acid to bring blood levels back into the healthy range.

These water-soluble vitamins are not stored in the body, with the exception of B₁₂, which is stored in the liver. Therefore, these nutrients must be replenished daily for optimal health. Obtaining these nutrients from the diet alone can be difficult since they are depleted by food processing, storing and cooking.

Serving Size: 1 tablet
Quantity: 90 + 20 tablets

Benefits:

• Supports a healthy cardiovascular system, by controlling and reducing blood levels of homocysteine
• A factor in the maintenance of good health
• Helps the body to metabolize carbohydrates, fats and proteins
• Helps in tissue formation
• Helps to form red blood cells
• Helps to prevent Vitamin B₆ deficiency
• Helps to prevent Vitamin B₁₂ deficiency
• Helps to prevent folate deficiency
• Helps to reduce the risk of neural-tube defects when taken daily prior to becoming pregnant and during early pregnancy

Restrictions

Drug Interactions: Vitamin B₆ may reduce the effectiveness of anticonvulsant medications.

Nutrient Depletions: Folic acid can mask a type of anemia that is caused by a vitamin B₁₂ deficiency. Consult a healthcare practitioner if you are uncertain whether or not you are taking adequate vitamin B₁₂.

Vitamin B₆ can be depleted by: oral contraceptives, corticosteroids, anti-acne drugs, anti-arthritics/non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), anti-asthmatic drugs/bronchodilators/mast-cell stabilizing agents/anti-inflammatory agents/anti-leukotrienes/ preventive agents/xanthines, anti-hypertensive drugs, anti-Parkinsonism drugs, anti-tuberculosis drugs, anti-ulcer drugs, monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor drugs, sulfonamides (anti-infectives), and tetracyclines (anti-infectives).

Vitamin B₁₂ can be depleted by: excessive alcohol consumption, antibiotics, anti-acne drugs, anti-retrovirals, anti-gout drugs, anti-hypertensives, anti-tuberculosis drugs, anti-ulcer drugs, biguanides (oral anti-diabetic drugs), histamine (H₂) blocking drugs, oral contraceptives, proton pump inhibitors, sulfonamides (anti-infectives), tetracyclines (anti-infectives) and epilepsy (seizure) medications.

Folic acid can be depleted by: Anti-acne drugs, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors/anti-cholesterol drugs, anti-gout drugs, antipyretic drugs, antituberculosis drugs, anti-ulcer drugs, biguanides (oral antidiabetic drugs), bowel anti-inflammatory drugs, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs – for individuals with rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis), oral contraceptives, salicylates, sulfonamides (anti-infectives) and tetracyclines (anti-infectives).

Supportive Interactions: Folic acid and Vitamin B₆ provide cardiovascular support when used in combination with Vitamin B₁₂. Vitamin B₁₂ may improve the effects of depression in individuals taking anti-cholinergic drugs. Folic acid is supportive for individuals taking antidepressant drugs, anti-psoriatic drugs (for people with rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis) and oral contraceptives.

Vitamin B₆ provides nutritional support for individuals taking theophylline (asthma drug) and anti-cholinergic drugs.

Warnings and Precautions: None known when taken as directed.

Toxicity, Adverse Warnings and Side Effects: Do not exceed recommended dosage. Very large doses of folic acid can be harmful for individuals with hormone-related cancers (i.e. breast or prostate cancer), and may cause seizures in individuals with epilepsy. Over the long term, high dose Vitamin B₆ supplementation may cause nerve damage, which is reversible if use is discontinued.