Country Life P-5-P Vitamin B6 – Bioavailable Pyridoxal-5-Phosphate Supplement for Energy, Nervous System Support, and Red Blood Cell Growth – Certified Gluten Free, Vegan, Non-GMO – 100 Capsules

It is a great vitamin for women who experience pain during their menstrual cycle. It is not big and can be swallowed easily. It is very effective.

If you are looking up P-5-P, I have a feeling you are already pretty educated on nutrition and supplements as it is not exactly a common pill found in everyone's home. However, most people are very familiar with B vitamins and B-6. B-6 was recommended to be years ago by my doctor to possibly help with breast pain and tenderness. Anyone out there suffering from that will find lots of articles speaking of the effectiveness of B-6 for breast health. But here is what they don't always say: not all forms of B-6 of created equal. If you are getting a standard B-6 pill off the shelf it will most likely be Pyridoxine Hydrochlorine. P-5-P (Pyridoxal-5-phosphate) is the ACTIVE form of B-6 and much more easily absorbed in the body. The other forms have to first be converted, and some people's bodies do that ineffectively, if at all. Low rates of conversion from the inactive to the active form of vitamin B6 have been reported, especially in people with impaired liver function, celiac’s disease, older adults, and in children with autism. By consuming vitamin B6 in the active P5P form, conversion is no longer necessary, and the full benefits are available immediately after absorption. So that's a little info of why this is the much better choice when deciding to take "B-6." In addition to the breast health aspect, I started to learn about the role B-6 plays in healthy sleep. Like many people out there, I don't have the most fantastic sleep all the time and have suffered from restless sleep insomnia - I can go to sleep fine...I just can't stay asleep. You will read a lot about how people begin to have very vivid dreams after taking B-6. That, along with magnesium, can help with minor sleep issues. Personally, I am not heavily affected by things ("high tolerance" if you will) but even I noticed initially that I was remembering my dreams more frequently and they appeared more bizarre in content. Some people are so easily affected that they are woken up be how vivid their dreams are. Something to keep in mind and use according to knowing yourself. Those are just 2 of the many many benefits of taking p-5-p. It is known to help with carpal tunnel and other nerve pain, PMS (in conjunction with the already mentioned breast soreness), pregnancy, brain function...etc...etc. It's one of those things that pretty much everyone cn benefit from adding this to their nutrition. I have been very happy with this brand in quality and price - of course buying it through here instead of in a store (I compare to Sprouts) is much more cost-effective

Came just as expected. I am not a doctor but I take this for over all health

I bought this to help with CIPN (chemo-induced peripheral neuropathy) which I developed during chemo treatments. iI finished chemo in October but the CIPN was still bad so I started taking these pills in January. The CIPN got better gradually and recently I decided to quit taking the pills. That was two weeks ago and the CIPN (manifested in me as tingling and pain in feet) has returned! Now I am a believer and will continue taking this wonderful supplement forever. Hope it works again for me! By the way, I found this supplement in the following way. My oncologist recommended Metanx, an expensive prescription B-vitamin supplement, but it costs over $100 per month and is not covered by insurance. I noted the ingredients, put them in the Amazon search box, and up popped this wonderful supplement, OTC and very inexpensive. Yay!

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This review is only for those who are not sure if they need P5P/B6 and are considering trying it anyway. I'm rating this product four stars because it's definitely potent and seems to be working for others the way they wanted it to, so I don't want to give it a low score just because it wasn't for me. If you know this product is what you need, please skip my review and look for others who have your same condition. If you don't know that you need this product, read on. I almost feel anything that contains B6 should offer some sort of warning. If you are not sure if you actually need this supplement, be very cautious. There are legitimate needs for P5P out there, and then there's me who reads things online and convinces myself I am deficient in B6 and needed to try this. Well, I guess I'm either not deficient or perhaps this supplement is just too strong for me. B6 can mess with your dreams. Some will say "studies don't conclusively show that" but from the vast collection of anecdotal reviews and stories online, it is clearly affecting SOME people's dreams, and not all for the better. Not even just P5P or regular B6, but also other supplements like ZMA etc. which contain smaller amounts of B6. Clearly there is a connection here and more studies should be done on this. I usually have interesting dreams, not always that I can recall, but I never have nightmares, and if I ever do, they don't feel real enough for me to be afraid of. I usually turn lucid and deal with the problem. I'm a horror buff and love scary movies and games, and very little bothers me. I've taken this supplement for 4 days this week, and my dreams quickly turned vivid (which was fun at first), and then turned horrifying over the last few days. I'm talking really wild stuff, and I would keep "waking up" into new dreams that are progressively worse. It all feels completely real and my rational mind can't help me deal with it or wake myself up. I am usually a light sleeper but I am DEEPLY asleep during these dreams, and I've had to suffer through them until they're over, at which point I wake up terrified. I've also noticed that I wake up more easily and often than usual during other parts of my sleep cycle. It's as if I'm sleeping lighter through most of the night, and then very heavily during the dream stages. So this results in me getting very poor quality sleep overall and waking up feeling terrible and scared. So, no more P5P for me. I think it is just too high of a dose, as I have other supplements with very small amounts of B6 which haven't affected me this way. Anyway, I have learned something valuable today about buying supplements "just to try them" because I "might be deficient" because "this article describes me perfectly!" If you are concerned about deficiencies, talk to your doctor or have a blood test done. Even if you don't have nightmares from this, there's also the matter that too much B6 can cause much more serious health problems. So it's just really not wise to be popping supplements unless you know that you really need them. Learn from my mistake!

I’ve used this for trigger finger and it really works! I think I bought 2 bottles and by the end of the 2nd the issue was gone.

Studies have shown a correlation between Pyridoxine and REM sleep. Lack of REM sleep affects memory formation. Some studies have also shown a relationship between lack of REM sleep and alzheimer's. This supplement dramatically increased my REM sleep. I know this because I have one of those rings with sensors inside that records and displays various sleep indicators. I am 74 years old so am concerned about memory. Other than regular exercise, this is the only thing that had a such a dramatic affect. Highly recommend this supplement if you are concerned about REM sleep.

Very good product, the correct bioavailable form of this very important vitamin.

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Not the best quality... label is confusing, plus I've tried other brands and I don't feel this one working like them

Questa è roba vera. Dopo due giorni ho sogni così vividi che ne riesco a ricordare dettagli complessi mentre di solito non ricordo granche'. A volte con gli integratori si hanno dubbi se contengano o meno il principio attivo ma quando si ha un effetto concreto, si capisce la qualità. Questa è la forma assorbibile di b6, davvero importante per migliorare l'umore o se si soffre di piroluria come il 40 % della popolazione (fondamentalelmente carenza di zinco e b6). Vi consiglio di cercare online i sintomi e se ne avete molti, potreste beneficiare di questa integrazione in pochi giorni (oltre allo zinco). Non ho avuto alcun effetto collaterale con questo prodotto come disturbi allo stomaco, neanche assumendolo a stomaco vuoto, sebbene l'etichetta consigli dopo i pasti.

I took vitamin B6 for years - I mean years - on the recommendation of my doctor when I was suffering from really bad PMS. In the habit of buying and taking cheap B6, I never stopped to question if it was doing me any good. Then as I started to overhaul my nutritional profile and decided to go for P5P because its supposed to be the most bio-available form of B6. B6 is in food, but its mainly destroyed during cooking. Then supplemental B6 turns out to be only 40% absorbed, if that. So I bought these expensive pills. I noticed a difference after about 2 days. Basically I was taking all of the nutrients in the acetylcholine metabolic pathway as well as a stack of amino acids, but it was only when I took this version of B6 that it all came together and I had the most incredible amount of energy. Thrilled at this sudden change in my metabolism, I kind of went a bit nuts. I started taking on more and more stuff. The energy was insane, I just went on and on, tackling so many things that I had been unable to face for months. Then I had the most almighty migraine headache. During the migraine and afterwards, I had pretty bad pain from my left adrenal. Basically, I'm ill with my adrenal insufficiency again, which is very boring but I'm going to treat it with more expensive Adrenal Cortex. I know that stuff works, so I'm not too worried. I just wish this product was more readily available in the UK.