Vitamin B12 Injections
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Vitamin B12 Injections
Vitamin B12 injections are infrequently used as treatment or supplement for people who are suffering from a deficiency. In the presence of capsules and nasal sprays, who would want an injection. There are instances, however, when the use of vitamin B12 injections becomes necessary particularly when speedy recovery is needed.
Vitamin B12 deficiency can be expected whenever it cannot be properly absorbed due to prevailing structural or physiological conditions.Frequently, such is triggered by reduction in the acidity of the stomach. The said condition hinders the process by which intrinsic factors and complexes essential in the vitamin B12 absorption are formed. Obstruction of absorption happens when certain medicines interact such as metformin for diabetes, hyperacidity and peptic ulcer drugs and chloramphenicol for bacterial growth.
Aging is another factor that put people at risk for vitamin B12 deficiency.
If vitamin B12 deficiency compromises the health of a geriatric or aging patient or someone with pernicious anemia, an urgent action is important. A maintenance of a high dosage of vitamin B12 is required in their conditions. The choice can be between a high oral dose of cobalamin (500-1000 micrograms daily) or routine intramuscular injections at a dosage of 1 mg per month. This dosage also helps aging or geriatric patients to reduce homocysteine levels in the blood to similarly reduce the probability of heart diseases and strokes.
Vitamin B12 injection are valuable in severe cases of fatigue and lethargy. The cobalamin injection can boost the metabolic rate and therefore, the energy level of the body, Cases like CFS or Chronic Fatigue syndrome can be treated with a 6 to 70 mg dose of vitamin B12 injection once a week for 3 weeks. The energy level is raised with the boosting of metabolism. This principle is, in fact, already being practiced to promote weight loss in certain weight loss centers. The findings in the studies done do not really support such assumption. It seems that its ability to boost metabolism is the primary reason for relating weight loss and vitamin B12 injections.
Shingles are dermal rashes which manifest similarity with chicken pox and caused by varicella-zoster virus. Aside from skin eruptions, symptoms may include fever and chills, headache, soreness of the affected area and even stomach pains. This dreadful infection can be best treated with vitamin B12 injections.
Be aware though that orally administered B12 is as useful. The use of vitamin B12 injections is preferred though when absorption in the digestive tract is compromised.
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