Do you typically check vitamin B6 levels in patients on Sinemet?
Given that B6 can play a role with Sinemet, do you check B6 levels regularly?
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Do you typically check vitamin B6 levels in patients on Sinemet?
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Neurology · VUMC Neurology
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I check B6 levels when a patient is not responding well to carbidopa/levodopa or if I have concerns about nutritional status. I have rarely found that correcting low or high B6 levels results in clinical change in patients.
If a patient were to seemingly lose efficacy from ongoing levodopa therapy, ...
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