vitamin B12, folic acid

[Randyhunt]

Can someone please recommend a daily dosage for vitamin B12 and folic acid? Thanks

[Lindybuzz]

Folic acid, if too much is taken, can cause seizures so you have to be careful - no more than 800 IU/day. I take 500 mg of B complex (there is only 400 IU of folic acid in the supplement I take so, with the 400 IU in my multivitamin, I don't go over) a day too.

[Porkette]

Hi,
I take 1000 mcg. of vitamin B12 once a day and 1 mg. of folic acid a day. I also take multiple vitamins with minerals that have these in them once a day also. The folic acid helps stop anemia for me and keeps my iron level up since the AED's I take mess them up. Here's wishing you well and May God Bless You!

Sue

[lor]

I take 1000 mcg B12 and a multi vitamin with my morning meds.

[EarthMonkey]

If you take tegretol you should take folic acid because tegretol does something to peoples' levels of folic acid. It depletes or lowers folic acid levels.

[Lindybuzz]

Alot of people on Dilantin have to take supplemental folic acid too.