WHAT IS VITAMIN B12 AND WHAT DOES IT DO?
Vitamin B12 is available as an intramuscular injection called hydroxocobalamin. Vitamin B12 is required to help your body to use fat and carbohydrate for energy and it also helps to make protein and DNA. It is an essential vitamin to help maintain blood, nerve cells and neurological function. Vitamin B12 is only found naturally in animal products and dietary sources include liver, fish, meat, eggs, dairy produce, yeast extract (such as marmite) and foods that have been fortified with B12.
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WHAT ARE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF LOW B12 LEVELS?
Extreme tiredness, lethargy, feeling faint, pins and needles, sore tongue, mouth ulcers, muscle weakness, visual disturbances, confusion, poor memory, depression.
ARE THERE ANY SIDE EFFECTS FROM VIATMIN B12 INJECTION?
Slight bruising and or soreness at the injection site can occur. There are no known toxic effects when administered at appropriate levels. Allergic reactions can occur with any intramuscular injections. Other possible side effects include nausea (feeling sick), headache, dizziness and headache.
HOW OFTEN CAN I HAVE A B12 INJCETION?
We limit the rate at which you can have a B12 injection to every 28 days for 3 months and then one injection every 3 months. This is not because it is unsafe to have one more often than this, but that it is more in line with the normal dosing regimens for treating people with deficiencies.
HOW LONG BEFEORE I FEEL THE BENEFITS?
This will vary amongst people of different ages and circumstances. It may be a couple of days before you notice, or it could be sooner. Sometimes people don’t notice an immediate benefit, but rather realise a few weeks later that they are starting to feel as they were before the injection.