Before taking Vitamin B12 Injection, inform your doctor if you: Are allergic to Vitamin B12 or cobalt Have any other food or medicine allergies An eye disease called as Leber's optic neuropathy A slow growing blood cancer where your bone marrow makes too many red blood cells (polycythemia vera) Gout (high uric acid levels in body) Iron or folic acid deficiency anemia Low potassium levels in your blood Drug interactions It is important to tell your healthcare professional about all other medicines that you have taken recently including any kind of supplements and non-prescription drugs
Your doctor will typically monitor your response through clinical improvement and blood tests such as full blood count, rather than rechecking B12 levels after starting injections
Common Causes of B12 Deficiency There are many reasons why you might not get enough B12
If your test results come back and confirm the deficiency, you will be put onto a treatment plan
Experts are studying it's natural anti-depressant effects and use in treatment of bi-polar disorder, OCD, bulimia, ADHD, Autism, schizophrenia, and Alzheimers disease
In most cases, you'll need to take cyanocobalamin injections once a month for the rest of your life, although this may vary
