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    Default Homocysteine no longer a valuable diagnostic tool ? GP won't let me get tested

    Hi everyone, i just got back from my doctor's office here in Italy.
    I had a list of things I wanted to be tested, just to check a few things
    and compare them with 2 years ago but when she read "homocysteine"
    she laughed and crossed it off the list saying "this one is useless,
    by now cardiologists agree it's no longer important to check it out".

    I was taken aback and didn't reply to her.

    But what do you think ?
    Is anyone aware of any consensus among cardiologists ??


    So how will I know now how to judge my B12 levels?
    Thankfully she let Folate and B6 on the list..

    Thanks

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    Default Re: Homocysteine no longer a valuable diagnostic tool ? GP won't let me get test

    Hi vegetarian_cat - if you have enough time, please have a look at this thread from 2004 (with many updates)....
    B12, homocysteine, & heart disease
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    Default Re: Homocysteine no longer a valuable diagnostic tool ? GP won't let me get test

    uMMA(Urinary methylmalonic acid ) is the most accurate method to test for Vitamin B12 deficiency.

    Are you taking folic acid supplements?
    Last edited by Consistency; Feb 26th, 2012 at 01:24 PM.

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