Question 1

can you overdose on vitamins?

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A ; D- very rare: One can only overdose on fat soluble vitamins  (a, d, e) except vit. B6 (which should be limited to 250 mg/day). But it takes huge amounts to overdose. The average adult would need to take about 2 million units of a to overdose, or 200, 000 iu/day for several months. Vit d toxicity is rare unless one takes at least 40, 000 iu/day for months. See 
http://emedicine.Medscape.Com/article/819426-overview.

Question 2

can you overdose on vitamin b12?

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Virtually nontoxic: At any dose. I do not believe that you will find very much written on the toxic effects of B12 although I have had a couple of patients who took something on the order of 10x what I had prescribed them was already in the 10,000IU range so they were taking about 100,000IU daily for several weeks and the patient developed diarrhea.  When he stopped that resident, within several days diarrhea stopped

Question 3

can you overdose on vitamin d?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Vitamin d is stored in fat cells.  If someone takes in too much vitamin d, they could have too much calcium in their urine, raising the risk for kidney stones, or too much calcium in the blood, causing nausea, constipation, excessive thirst and urination, muscle weakness, depression, or confusion.

Question 4

can you overdose on vitamin b12? is it safe to take 16000 mgs

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How often?: There are no known illeffects from overdose of vitamin B12, but you would be wasting your medication and money. If you need to take vitamin B12, you should take it as an injection and and injection of 1000 micrograms (not milligrams) each month, is more than enough.

Question 5

can you overdose on vitamin supplements?

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Yes: Certain vitamins, particularly the fat soluble ones, a, d, e, and k can reach toxic levels if you take too much. The other vitamins can cause other health problems, such as increasing risk for cancer, if taken in very high doses.

Question 6

can you overdose on vitamin b? i saw a post that said too much b6 can cause toxicity but i thought vitamin b was water soluble

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Taking lots 4 months: I think of overdose as a single high dose causing harm & taking a large single dose of b6 won't cause harm. However, taking high doses of b6 daily for months (usually at least 1000 mg but rarely as low as 200 mg) can cause toxicity symptoms, most commonly peripheral neuropathy (tingling & numbness), also headaches, fatigue & irritability, which usually dissipate upon stopping b6.  See comment:.

Question 7

can you overdose on b vitamins? how much would be too much?

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Prob not: Water soluable vitamin so what this means is that it doesn't get stored in your tissues.  What your body can't metabolize it gets rid of through gut or kidneys when taken orally.  Even if number on lab test shows "high" this does not constitute danger or overdose.  Doctors sometimes give injections of b vitamins and this is different story because very high doses goes right into circulation.

Question 8

can you overdose a on multi-vitamin?

Accepted Answer

Yes.: Vitamins fall into the "more is not necessarily better" category.  Take as prescribed by your doctor or as recommended on the bottle, not more.

Question 9

can you die from overdosing on vitamin a pills?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Your brain can swell and herniate.  This is generally fatal.

Question 10

can you overdose on b12 and b1 vitamins? i take them sublingually

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Not really: These vitamins are water soluble and are quickly excreted by the kidneys. On the other hand, fat soluble vitamins like A, D, E and K can accumulate in the fatty tissues and in the case of A&amp;D cause serious illness or death. Thanks for trusting HealthTap!

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