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If the vitamin B12 deficiency is caught early, most symptoms improve with treatment. Depending on the cause of your vitamin B12 deficiency, you may have to only take medication for a short amount of time, or you may have to take medication for the rest of your life.
Vitamin B 12 deficiency can be treated with intramuscular injections of cyanocobalamin or oral vitamin B 12 therapy.
Vitamin B12 Deficiency Treatment Treatment depends on the reason for the low levels of B12. If you have pernicious anemia or have trouble absorbing vitamin B12 due to a disease, you'll need...
All individuals with documented vitamin B12 and/or folate deficiency should be treated, unless there is a strong reason not to do so (eg, palliative care setting or patient refusal). A number of general principles apply to both vitamin B12 and folate deficiency.
Both B12 supplements and injections are effective methods for treating B12 deficiency. The choice between the two depends on the severity of the deficiency, the underlying cause, and...
Objectives: Explain the pathophysiology of vitamin B12 deficiency. Review the risk factors for developing a vitamin B12 deficiency. Describe the typical presentation of a patient with vitamin B12 deficiency.
Vitamin B 12 deficiency anemia and folate deficiency anemia often occur together and can be hard to tell apart. Treatment may include vitamin B 12 shots (injections) and folic acid pills. Foods that are rich in folic acid include the following: