What Healthcare Professionals Recommend for Weight Management Healthcare professionals in the UK follow evidence-based guidelines, primarily those issued by NICE , which emphasise a comprehensive, multimodal approach to weight management rather than reliance on pharmacotherapy alone
There are a few other groups that need to take more vitamin B12, usually as a supplement, to avoid deficiency
Monitoring-guided supplementation is the usual approach, typically beginning with oral supplementation if blood tests indicate suboptimal levels, and escalating to IM injection if oral treatment is insufficient or poorly tolerated
Independent testing and MHRA enforcement activity (including Operation Pangea) have found that many such products contain incorrect concentrations, impurities, or in some cases entirely different substances to those labelled
Anemia, nutritional
The best choice depends on the cause of deficiency, absorption issues, and your clinicians recommendation