Guest guest Posted April 13, 2008 Report Share Posted April 13, 2008 The following is from my old notes from Dr. Neubrander's recommended protocol.This should help. Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine, P5P, pyridoxal phosphate)BASIC RANGE (Advanced/Optional Range discussed in the section below entitled Advanced/Optional): These minimum values may need to be increased significantly as discussed below. Because hyperactivity or increased stimming are not uncommon, I recommend increasing this supplement incrementally and alone after other supplements are in place and the child is “stable”. At times, children on the spectrum do best with up to 8 mg per pound. BASIC RANGE 10-40 mg B6 EUs or B6 PUs for a 40 - 65 lb. child Remember that 1 mg of P5P equals approximately 5 mg of pyridoxine; the recommendation above is for “B6 Equivalent Units” or “Pyridoxine Equivalent Units”. According to an unpublished study by Dr. Tapan Audhya, children on the spectrum need up to 21 times the amount of B6 to “push the enzyme reaction to completion”. This is a very important consideration because B6 is involved in numerous critical enzyme reactions. [see VITAMIN B6 ADVANCED/OPTIONAL RANGE in the section below entitled Advanced/Optional] OPTIONAL RANGE 4 to 8 mg per pound of B6 EUs or B6 PUs up to a maximum of 500 mg Re: B6 and P5P Kim,We've always been big fans of super-nu-thera from Kirkman's. We werelooking into switching from liquid to powder when we went to SCD. Theliquid form we were using contained a megadose of B6. The SCDapproved powder had P5P and a much smaller amount of B6. I contacted Kirkman's for an explanation and was told that 1 mg of P5Pis equivalent to 5 mg B6. They also told me that P5P is absorbed morequickly than B6 so it could make some kids hyper. We never did switch...too nervous to mess with something we knew wasworking for us. Kari>> I'm finally getting around to reading the Autism> Biomed book put out by ARI. According to what> I've read, B6 converts to P5P and once it's> converted, this is where the important stuff> takes place. I've simplified this of course.> > My question is: do we need to take both? If so,> why? If not, how much P5P should be taken?> > Kim > > __________________________________________________> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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