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    Can it cause a sore throat?

    Hi Rich, Thank you so much for your response. I am going to stop the methylfolate for a while and see if i improve at all. I sure do hope so, as I have my toddler's birthday party tomorrow, lol! We shall see. I hope I feel better soon as this is not fun! Anyway, thanks to both of you for...
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    Tachycardia -- What are effective treatments?

    *tolerate
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    Tachycardia -- What are effective treatments?

    Not necessarily. Just because it can cause tachycardia in a minority of people does not mean that it cannot relieve it in others. Everyone is different. I am on it and my ventricular tachycardia has never been better. It is actually not an unusual practice for electrophysiologists to...
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    Can it cause a sore throat?

    Hi... i am new to this board, so please forgive me, as I am just now learning aout all these conditions. I suffered from Chronic Fatigue for years without knowing the root cause. My dr. tested me for the MTHFR mutation and sure enough, I am homozygous (2 copies). Anyway, he told me it was...
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    Tachycardia -- What are effective treatments?

    Pristiq, believe it or not, works wonderfully on tachycardias. good luck!
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    Anyone else get a sore throat from l-methylfolate?

    I got one response on my previous post, but wanted to see if there are any others.... I am homozygous for MTHFR mutation and am self treating with l-methylfolate 1000 mcgs, as i've heard that folic acid is not good for me sine I cannot metabolize it. At any rate, I was getting over a cold...
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    I'm homozygous for MTHFR... just started taking L-methylfolate... can it cause this?

    Hi Christopher, thanks so much for your response. I am glad to know that it has been known to cause the sore throat. If you continue to take it, does the sore throat tend to go away? or should I just get used to it, lol.?
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    I'm homozygous for MTHFR... just started taking L-methylfolate... can it cause this?

    I was just getting over a cold, so i thought my symptoms were because of that, however, i got a sore throat on the day i started taking l-methylfolate 1000mcgs. i never get sore throats that last like this. anyway, when i woke up this morning, i thought i was getting better and then took the...