Patients may respond to treatment with vitamin B6 in doses of up to 500 mg/day. It may be necessary to add supplements of folate and vitamin B12.
If homocysteine levels do not fall then restriction of dietary methionine to 10-40 mg per day may be required.
The conversion of homocysteine back to methionine may be promoted by giving betaine or choline.
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