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See also: Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin), Vitamin B12 (hydroxycobalamin)

What is Vitamin B12 Injection? Vitamin B12 injections are used to treat pernicious anemia. This is due to the fact that they are unable to absorb sufficient vitamin B12 from their dietary food sources. It is thought that injections can serve therapeutic purposes as well as deficiencies.


Reasons Taken

13 patients in the community are taking or have taken Vitamin B12 Injection.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
General health 7 53%
Fatigue 3 23%
Slow my ALS progress 2 15%
disease-related symptoms 1 7%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Vitamin B12 Injection.

  0 month 0 mg week 0 week 0.03333 mg month 0.42858 mg week 0.49995 month 33.33 mg month
  1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Vitamin B12 Injection or how long patients were taking Vitamin B12 Injection before stopping.

Currently taking Vitamin B12 Injection

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
2
1
3
1

Stopped taking Vitamin B12 Injection

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
1
0
Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin B12 Injection (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 1 100% Other: 100%


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