Homocysteine and MMA

[Ari3]

Hi there,

I just wondered in UK do Gp test for Homocysteine and MMA please anyone who has done t and how they have done it ?

[shaws Administrator]

I have had a homocysteine blood test but I did it privately through Blue Horizon one of our private labs. I had blood drawn and tested in an NHS hospital. I shall give a link , just in case:-

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/testin...

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Here you go - St Thomas in London postal service

nutris.viapath.co.uk/pages/...

[Ari3 in reply to SlowDragon]

Thank you so I understand if I test like just normal nhs b12 or active b12 and if it’s on optimal ranges it doesn’t mean I have enough b12 and there for I have to check MMA and homocysteine?

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Ari3]

What was your most recent B12 result.

Any B12 supplements skew results

[Ari3 in reply to SlowDragon]

The most recent was on 25.06 which was 616 (197-771) it was when I stopped supplements b high potency complex but I didn’t have them every day every two days on third day .they were 828 three weeks ago and than I stopped supplement and it came down to 616 in three weeks so decided I should go back lol and now I take high potency vitamin b complex every other day does it sound sensible?

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Ari3]

Many on here need daily or alternate day B complex

There's little point testing if supplementing, unless you have obvious low B12 symptoms such as tinnitus, pins and needles, feeling drunk/dizzy

Low vitamin D and low B vitamins linked

drgominak.com/sleep/vitamin...

[Gambit62 in reply to Ari3]

616 is actually quite a good value for B12 - it's near the top of the normal range- so unless you are highly symptomatic it is extremely unlikely that you are B12 deficient so no need to supplement.

The body will normally regulate B12 levels quite well and keep them at the level that is right for you. However, if you start putting B12 in faster than your body can remove it then your levels will rise. Falling back to 616 may just indicate that that is the level that is right for you.

[Ari3 in reply to Gambit62]

Thank you 😊