List of B Vitamin Names:
B1 Thiamine
B2 Riboflavin
B3 Niacin
B4 Niacinamide
B5 Panthothe- nic Acid
B6 Pyridoxine
B7 Biotin or Vit H
B8 Inositol
B9 Folic Acid or Folate
B10 PABA (Para-aminobenzoic Acid)
B11 Choline
B12 Coblamin
B13 Orotic Acid
B14
B15 Pangamic Acid
B16 Pyridoxine Hydrocholide
B17 Laetrile
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List of Other Vitamin Names
This is for your reference so when you see a vitamin by either name you will know what the research is talking about.
A Retinol
C Ascorbic Acid
D2 Calciferol
D3 cholecalciferol
E Betacaroten (Tocopherol)
K Phylloquinone
P Bioflavonoids
Co Enzyme Q10 or Ubiquinone
Basic Vitamin Information
If you are anemic then usually you have an iron or B vitamin, usually B12 or P.anemia, problem. If you take iron then ask your doctor about taking it with vit C and B9-folate as this helps iron work. Plus, I would suggest eating fruits, veggies or a shot of prune juice as iron can constipate you. I would also not take milk or calcium supplements within 2 hours of this timeframe as iron and calcium bind together and you just flush them down the toilet. Speak to your doctor about calcium being taken with phosphate, magnesium, vitamin D3, k vitamins and a glass of milk or something with fat because D vitamins need fat (nuts, etc) for it to be properly absorbed and used. All these vitamins taken together help reduce your chances of issues like osteoperosis.
If you have to take B vitamins then try getting oral spays or injections from your physician.
Basic Vitamin B Information
B vitamins taken orally would have to be taken in great quantities as you can only use a little less than 5% of what you consume. This is because it is such a fragile vitamin and stomach acids and enzymes break much of it down before you can use it. Even leaving the vitamins in a bottle out in the sun can break it down. Plus, if you have low intrinsic factors in the stomach needed to absorb B vitamins this can also reduce the amount of usable vitamin you get. If you can get a combination of B vitamins in an oral spray then the vitamin bypasses all of these potential issues and goes directly into your bloodstream. A lot less spray goes a whole lot further.
Vitamin B Research
You may have read my B12 information on another web forum all the way back to the first week in May 2008. I think that there are different subgroups of MS. You have different absorption/ metabolism problems that lead to different tissue degrade and symptoms.
If you have cognitive issues then more likely you at least have B vitamins tested by a doctor. I also think this group of cognitive issues should also have estriol and testosterone issues checked by an endocrinologist. As your liver needs so much B vitamins for it to process these hormones. Brenda I think I actually talked to you about this again on Friday and then Saturday I picked up the article below.
Well I picked up another research article I ordered for free (instead of getting it online for about $30). . The findings are below and seem to give my theory more merit.
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Since you have to pay for the article I am not posting the useless URL
Article: Serum Homocysteine Levels in Relation to MS. Plasma Homocysteine levels in MS
Journal of Neurology, Nerosurgery & Psychiatry
Number:79 Date:2008 Pages: 1349-1353
Homocysteine is higher if B vitamins are lower.
As far as the article goes these are a few abbreviations it uses PASAT is a cognitive test. RRMS (Remitting Relapsing MS), SPMS(Secondary Progressive MS), PPMS (Primary Progressive), etc
Abstract Results:
PASAT(cognitive test) was lower in patients with SPMS with top homocystiene levels (so low B vitamins.)
High homocysteine levels(low B vitamins) are assoc with decline in PASAT (lower cognitive scores) during follow-up with PPMS.
Conclusion: Serum total homocysteine levele are associated with several measures of disease progression in MS but are not elevated in patients with MS compared to controls. Question: is Homocysteine directly impacting MS or does it reflect a more general neurodegenerative process.
The discussion had some good points too.
They wonder if B9 (folate) would positively affect cognitive functions in MS.
"There are various options for the biological consequences of high homocysteine levels in MS." IE effects could be mediated by the reduced availability of methionine. S-Adenosylmethionine is a methyl donor needed for neuronal homostasis(healthy balance). Methylation of myelin basic protein argnine is important.
Homocysteine can influence..cytokine production(this affects inflammation in body).
Homocysteine can influence..effects of nitric oxide production in MS via formation of nitrosohomocysteine.
The last paragraph says "serum homocysteine levels are related to the cross sectional and longitudinal measures of disease progression in progressive MS subtypes." ie SPMS & PPMS
