Vitamin and Mineral supplements

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Hi @Middly1, welcome to the community.

They are by the TGA under the Complementary Medicines (Supplement) Regulation. The Complementary medicines supplement regulation was recently discussed here:

Consumer Survey on Complementary Medicines (Supplement) Regulation

I’m the Choice representative on the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Consultative Committee (TGACC). I need your help. I invite you to participate in an anonymous online survey about your understanding of the regulation of the complementary medicines (supplements) by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). The survey is being conducted by one of my Monash University research students, Shuyi Wu. It has been approved by the Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee (ID: 26044). It wil…

The problem with many complementary medicines, which includes vitamin supplements, is they

• can be bought (uncontrolled/unsupervised) over the counter with no medical advice or supervision;
• are often assumed by consumers that they are safe to take above and beyond what is eaten in a normal diet; and
• taking them may give some sort of benefit not achieved through a balanced diet. A balanced diet being one which would normally provide adequate nutrition for the bodies biochemical function.

It appears you have experienced first hand that self prescription/medication using complementary medicines has significant risks. I agree with @syncretic that you should seek medical attention in relation to your peripheral neuropathy.