Nany Maree
A retired emergency doctor, of all people, poisoned herself with a vitamin. Not on purpose. Straight off the shelf.
Dr Mary Buchanan had seven times the normal level of vitamin B6 in her system, and her mobility hasn't been the same since. The TGA has had 119 reports of nerve damage linked to B6 since 2020. Warning labels have been required over 10 mg since 2022. Now they're considering putting 5 to 200 mg products behind the pharmacy counter.
More than half of us take supplements regularly. It's a $6.2 billion trade.
I read the backs of my own bottles that night, glasses on. My question is a simple one. If an emergency doctor couldn't spot it, who exactly is the fine print written for?
Talk to your GP or health professional about your own body.
Source: ABC News, 2025-01-08
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