Q: While I was taking 50 milligrams of vitamin B6 daily, I started having symptoms, including nerve pain in my feet and hands. Then I started walking like Frankenstein. I had lost some of my motor ...

"Vitamin B6 helps the body produce a specific chemical ... The Recommended Dietary Allowance of B6 for men aged 14 to 50 is 1.3 milligrams (mg). For those 51 and older, it is 1.7 mg.

Patients were randomized in a double-blind manner to placebo (n = 2764) or active treatment with folic acid 2.5 mg, vitamins B6 50 mg and B12 1 mg (n = 2758). Patients were followed for 5 years.

In this edition of The People’s Pharmacy, Joe and Teresa Graedon also hear from a reader inquiring about a solution for snoring.