Vitamin B12 is important for maintaining healthy hair, skin, and nails
If laboratory testing shows low or low-normal B12 levels despite weekly injections, additional supplementation is appropriate and beneficial
Indications and Usage for B!2 Inject Kit Cyanocobalamin is indicated for vitamin B 12 deficiencies due to malabsorption which may be associated with the following conditions: Addisonian (pernicious) anemia Gastrointestinal pathology, dysfunction, or surgery, including gluten enteropathy or sprue, small bowel bacteria overgrowth, total or partial gastrectomy Fish tapeworm infestation Malignancy of pancreas or bowel Folic acid deficiency It may be possible to treat the underlying disease by surgical correction of anatomic lesions leading to small bowel bacterial overgrowth, expulsion of fish tapeworm, discontinuation of drugs leading to vitamin malabsorption (see Drug Interactions), use of a gluten-free diet in nontropical sprue, or administration of antibiotics in tropical sprue
Compared to other types, IM needles are usually longer and thicker
Cyanocobalamin is the principal form used in oral supplements in the United States, while hydroxycobalamin is used primarily in Europe
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