Why should I take extra vitamins

[LAJ12345]

Some interesting reading from the nutrition course I am doing.

blog.designsforhealth.com/n...

sciencedirect.com/science/a...

academic.oup.com/jn/article...

[Hidden]

I see where your husband went from 3g to 1g daily for B1. Many PwP report success at this level.

Doctors prescribe vitamins D for my wife’s illness. She and I last night wondered why not vitamin B for Parkinson’s . I wonder why after having time pass they don’t want to increase levodopa more than what they prescribe for the newly diagnosed. Me thinks doctors earn more money, the more meds they prescribe. They don’t earn commissions for B1.

[LAJ12345 in reply to Hidden]

Our drugs are govt funded if on their list but vitamins aren’t funded so I guess they won’t suggest stuff people have to pay for because it is discrimitory if everyone can’t afford them😅

[Hidden in reply to LAJ12345]

Patients must take responsibility for their care

[LAJ12345 in reply to Hidden]

Yeah, too politically correct here. If dr recommends something that’s not funded all hell would break free if some people can’t afford to buy it

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Exactly! 100% true.

[Hikoi in reply to LAJ12345]

LAJ Some vitamins are funded here. Vit D is fully subsidised.

[LAJ12345 in reply to Hikoi]

Yes but b vitamins aren’t and the only vit d is 50,000 once a month which made Neil very sick. Can’t get a daily lower dose I don’t think

[Hikoi in reply to LAJ12345]

If B vitamins arent funded (and I havent checked if that is true) it will be because there has to be scientific proof of efficacy for any drug to be funded. Unfortunately evidence is only anecdotal. for B1.

I remember now that B12 is funded. I believe I had daily Vit D at first. I now take it monthly with absolutely no ill effects.

[LAJ12345 in reply to Hikoi]

If b12 and folic acid are funded they will most likely be the synthetic form so would prefer to pay and give him the natural form

[Hikoi in reply to LAJ12345]

Probably are synthetic.

The majority of supplements available on the market today are made artificially. These include vitamins, antioxidants, minerals and amino acids, among others.

They can be taken in pill, capsule, tablet, powder or liquid form, and are made to mimic the way natural nutrients act in our bodies.

To figure out if your supplement is synthetic or natural, check the label. Natural supplements usually list food sources or are labeled as 100% plant or animal-based.

These are funded.

Vitamin B Hydroxocobalamin; Pyridoxine hydrochloride; Thiamine hydrochloride; Vitamin B complex

Vitamin C Ascorbic acid

Vitamin D:

- Alfacalcidol Cap 0.25 mcg; Cap 1 mcg; Oral drops 2 mcg per ml

- Colecalciferol Cap 1.25 mg (50,000 iu); Oral liq 188 mcg per ml (7,500 iu per ml)

- Calcitriol Cap 0.25 mcg; Cap 0.5 mcg

Multivitamin Preparations Multivitamin renal; Multivitamins; Vitamins

[Hikoi in reply to Hidden]

Perhaps Roy’s wife is at greater risk of fractures if she falls than Roy’s risk of getting beriberi if he stops thiamine

[park_bear in reply to Hidden]

The problem is even bigger than that:

A doctor can get in trouble for recommending any treatment that is not confirmed by a randomized controlled double-blind study. Such studies are very expensive and it is hard to get them funded for nonprescription treatments. There are a few exceptions, but mostly they get done for prescription meds.

Also, most doctors are sincerely interested in patient welfare. But the big Pharma "detail men", and women, are constantly providing them with goodies. That has undue influence too.