Dr. David Spence, MD, Professor, Neurology and Clinical Pharmacology, suggests that high doses of B vitamins compared with placebo resulted in a greater kidney function decline among patients with diabetic kidney disease.
Vitamin B therapy dangerous for diabetics with kidney disease
Apr 28, 2010
Dr. David Spence, director of Robarts Research Institutes Stroke Prevention and Atherosclerosis Research Centre, is encouraging people with diabetes taking high doses of B vitamins to stop their treatment because it increases risks for heart attacks or strokes. These surprising results are published in a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
