B12 Supplement allergy

[KWebster179]

Hello. I am allergic 2 vitamin B12 supplements and I don't like liver. How else can I get what I need? Can anyone help?

[fbirder]

What supplements have you tried taking?

What makes you think you need supplementing with B12?

Have you tried this methylcobalamin solution? All it contains is B12 and water. If you're allergic to that then I can't think of what to do.

[Gambit62 Administrator in reply to fbirder]

did you mean to put a link in?

[fbirder in reply to Gambit62]

D'oh!

metabolics.com/vitamin-b12-...

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Hi. If you have been taking supplements from an ordinary health food shop it may be they are cheaply made. They can have fillers in them that people are allergic to. I use jarrows methylcobalamin sublingual b12 lozenges from amazon and they are good. Maybe just try a different brand!

[Gambit62 Administrator]

As well as knowing what supplements you have taken it might also help to know exactly what you mean by 'allergic'.

As fbirder says it may be another ingredient in the supplement you are allergic to so its a question of identify what that is.  

People do have adverse reactions to B12 - acne is quite a common one - and this isn't necessarily an allergic reaction.  

There are even some people who are genuinely allergic to B12 though that is very rare and the reaction would have been on the scale of an anaphylactic reaction if you were genuinely allergic.

[Allyson1 in reply to Gambit62]

I remember a post many months ago, I cannot find it now, but someone said they were allergic to cobalt, and that an allergy test showed it, I think.

I wonder if they still do the old liver injections any more, for special cases? 

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I think there's something on the PASOC website with regards to allergy.  In haste. 'M'