Comments for Southern Independent Medical Practice

Comment on Vitamin B Helps Prevent Insect Bites by Michael

Michael — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:32:48 +0000

The science says no – but my personal experience (in Australia) says that high dose B1 (WITH a B complex – do NOT take a high dose of B1 alone) for some weeks before travel to a sandfly exposure region is effective. Caveats – DO NOT do a sauna and then go out! However it works, it appears that having the skin not so washed must be useful – this from experience. NO NOT be a heavy consumer of alcohol. Appears that this reduces the effect of B1 and/or attracts biting bugs????

Comment on Vitamin B Helps Prevent Insect Bites by Lizzie

Lizzie — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:44:05 +0000

In reply to Valerie.

Any over-the-counter Vitamin B tablets will work. Start taking them in February, they’ll take a month to work well. But don’t stop until the end of September, or you’ll be bitten again – like me, lesson learnt!

Comment on Vitamin B Helps Prevent Insect Bites by Lizzie

Lizzie — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:40:09 +0000

This DOES work! Before taking it, I was plagued with mosquito bites every summer but now I take one Vit B tablet a day and I get no more than 2 or 3 bites in the WHOLE summer. You must take it at the same time every day and be consistent EVERY day, but it is 100% effective, and I can’t understand why scientists reject this cure.

Comment on Vitamin B Helps Prevent Insect Bites by Janet

Janet — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 05:39:21 +0000

In reply to Toni. Her husband I guess

Comment on Vitamin B Helps Prevent Insect Bites by Janet

Janet — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 05:39:21 +0000

In reply to Toni. Her husband I guess

Comment on Vitamin B Helps Prevent Insect Bites by Toni

Toni — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 06:05:09 +0000

In reply to Christina Bergman. "He gotten eaten alive".... who???

Comment on Vitamin B Helps Prevent Insect Bites by Jah

Jah — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 05:39:15 +0000

In reply to Suellen.

I’m in USA, it’s amazing how much Internet inquiry results say this is a myth.
But I know what I experienced and I know what I saw.
I went biking cross country years ago.
The formula was this…
Take a certain dose daily of b1…
It had to build up in your system, it took 3 weeks to be effective.
Whoala.. sitting in my camp before sunset, I wore a coat that did not breath.
Mosquito’s lined up on my coat looking at me… And I sat there also looking back at them.. the were numerous..
I had every attraction to them but they did not want to taste… No bites..
Very strange encounter.. I could have made pets of them and named them..
One note though is I noticed the vitamins gave my skin an undesirable odor which was not removed in the shower..
It worked well for that trip, and occasion,but, if I was with a romantic interest I would have suffered the bites,
Because frankly I considered the odor on my skin indeed would repel more than just mosquitoes!

Comment on Vitamin B Helps Prevent Insect Bites by Pat

Pat — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:15:23 +0000

In reply to Lisa Timmings. Why do I just get bites on my legs

Comment on Vitamin B Helps Prevent Insect Bites by Pat

Pat — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:15:23 +0000

In reply to Lisa Timmings. Why do I just get bites on my legs

Comment on Shingrix vaccination – questions answered by Janice

Janice — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 20:01:18 +0000

I am 69/70 I had shingles 20 years ago and have been left with a terrible pain under arm and into breast area, it gets worse when I’m ever unwell. I’m really worried about having a vaccination in case I get worse or have a reaction. Should I be worried?