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Does the contraceptive pill affect b12 at all. Does it cause any problems with absorbing it properly or affect symptoms etc.

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Yes Mardiray - it does affect B12. I hope these links explain more:

blog.vitasciences.com/vitam...

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/238...

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/240...

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patmackfin

yes it does,

it depletes or uses up B12 stores, ( I read in "the b12 deficiency survival handbook")as does alcohol.It also says so on the b12 deficiency video.I went off mine last week,just to be sure. This video is great

b12deficiency.info/films/

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