Too Much Vitamin B

Vitamin B complex and Multi Vitamin?

I have been on the Birth Control pill for 3 years, and recently i found out that the pill can cause a vitamin b defficiency. I got a Super B-complex supplement and a multi vitamin, (which also contains some vitamin b). Should i cut out the b-complex and just stick with the multi vitamin- and just have one or the other? Are there any negative effects of too much vitamin b? Thanks.

Hi Bethieb. There is probably no harm in taking the extra B complex.

Please note: "vitamin b" is not one vitamin; it is many:

1) B1 - thiamin
2) B2 - riboflavin
3) B3 - niacin
4) B5 - panthothenic acid
5) B6 - pyridoxine
6) B12 - cobalamin
7) Folate
Biotin

Only B6 is thought to have any significant risk associated with very high doses taken long-term (300+ milligrams per day for years).

There is some discussion (it is very controversial, which means no one knows for sure) in the current medical literature about possible risks associated with long-term, high doses of Folate, but you would not likely be getting such doses with one B-complex capsule plus a multi.

So, feel comfortable taking both supplements. You are more likely to have good things happen than bad things from this regimen.

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