vitamin b12 injection brand Cyanocobalamin 1000 mcg — Mountainside Medical Compounded Hydroxocobalamin (Vitamin B12) Injection

Figure 7.15 Advanced luminal recanalization is present 60 days after injection of polidocanol 0.5%, as seen in cross-section

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Source of Vitamin B12, Image Credit: marina_ua / Shutterstock Causes Vitamin B12 deficiency may arise due to: Nutritional deficiency especially in elderly individuals on restricted diets, and alcoholics Malabsorption syndromes such as pernicious anemia Gastrointestinal disorders leading to malabsorption such as atrophic gastritis or H2-receptor blocker use for prolonged periods Others such as Whipples disease or Crohns disease, intestinal surgery or strictures with resulting bacterial overgrowth that competitively take up vitamin B12 in the ileum Clinical features Hematologic Classically, vitamin B12 deficiency has been associated with megaloblastic macrocytic anemia

The amount of B12 in your body is primarily determined by what you eat

Cyanocobalamin injections are mostly given once a month once your B12 deficiency anemia has been treated to prevent a recurrence of symptoms that could lead to nerve damage

It's important to stick to your b12 schedule