Best brand for Methylfolate supplement?

August 3, 2017 2:00 PM

Can you recommend a good brand of Methylfolate supplement? A doctor has recommended this product, but I don't know if the recommendation has anything more behind it than "here's the first one I found on the amazon website!" I know that the vitamin and supplement industry is the Wild Unregulated West, and I want tablets that live up to their labeling and use fillers that aren't egregiously objectionable. Is this one worth buying? Would you recommend another?
posted by tabubilgirl to Health & Fitness (5 answers total)

Since this is on your doctor's recommendation, you should get a scrip for it and a pharmacy will fill it for you, so you don't need to worry about the sketchy supplement world. Bonus points, your insurance might cover it (mine did!).
posted by furnace.heart at 2:03 PM on August 3, 2017 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: A clarification: I am in a country where methylfolate is not available, and have to order it off-script from the US. This is why I'm not 100% confident in the doctor's brand recommendation.
posted by tabubilgirl at 3:27 PM on August 3, 2017

I bought this. I like NOW brand because their products are vegan and natural and tend to have only a few ingredients/no fillers. You can see the ingredients here. The one you listed does seem to have a lot of other crap.
posted by AppleTurnover at 4:14 PM on August 3, 2017

I take B-Complex +5 mg L-Methylfolate from Quatrefolic from MethylPro . My doctor recommended the site, and I have been happy so far with their services. I don't know if they ship outside the US though.
posted by momochan at 5:13 PM on August 3, 2017

My doc recommended this brand. They smell terrible but get great reviews on Amazon, for whatever that's worth.
posted by moira at 11:08 AM on August 5, 2017