Vitamin B12 Injection Treatment Report
What is Vitamin B12 Injection?
Vitamin B-12 via intramuscular or deep subcutaneous injection is used to treat pernicious anemia; dietary deficiencies due to malabsorption diseases, inadequate secretion of intrinsic factor, and inadequate utilization; for increased requirements due to pregnancy.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General health | 8 |
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1 | ||||
| Fatigue | 6 |
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2 | ||||
| Slow my ALS progress | 3 |
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1 | ||||
| disease-related symptoms | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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2 | 100% |
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Expense
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1 | 50% |
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Other
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1 | 50% |
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See all 2 patients who’ve stopped taking Vitamin B12 Injection
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Patient Evaluations
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- wbear35
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: severe
- Arms: severe
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: severe
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- wbear35
- 100 mcg weekly
- since Oct 26, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Fatigue
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Side Effects
None
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- gmoney
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: severe
- Chest: none
- Legs: moderate
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- gmoney
- 3 mg daily
- since Mar 09, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for General health
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Side Effects
None
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- katrina008
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: moderate
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- katrina008
- 1 mg monthly
- since Apr 13, 2009
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Slow my ALS progress
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 4 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.