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Getting into that B12 ‘ampoule'!

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I wonder if other people struggle to break the tip off? Finally noticed there’s a little dot. If you break it away from the little dot, it breaks easily!! :-)

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Chocolate41 profile image
Chocolate41

Yes they are difficult to get into.!Wher do you buy yours from sirlam?

I know there are a few places but yours sound like the hydrox that I have 3mnthly at the surgery.

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sirlam in reply to Chocolate41

From mycare.de. First time for me - very straight forward to purchase online.

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Chocolate41 in reply to sirlam

Hi again.do you think you could let me have there full address.Have googled it but nothing has come up!

May be me of course.Thanks in advance.

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sirlam in reply to Chocolate41

Hi - mycare.de should take you straight there! Then search for cobalamin. I went for hydroxocobalamin as this is what the GP prescribed! Easy to pay with PayPal. This is the advice I found on this site and so far so good!!!

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Chocolate41 in reply to sirlam

Thanks sirlam will give it a go 

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Catsgalour in reply to sirlam

I used them to .. .Postage a bit dear but must be the right stuff because it stings! How often are you injecting ..?

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sirlam in reply to Catsgalour

I am injecting every other day until I feel as good as I can!! My hands are less tingly which makes sewing, writing and knitting a lot easier :-)  Now hoping that I shall get sensation back from my bladder… !

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Salphy in reply to Catsgalour

Waiting to start loading dose injections at gp surgery... How bad does it sting? :-|

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If you look closely you will see a little score just under the dot - where the glass is a bit weaker so it will break at that point.

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sirlam

Thank you - that explains it!! 

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Gambit62Administrator in reply to sirlam

I think my first attempt to get in was a bit of a disaster - too much brain fog and I'd forgotten about the dot and actually cut myself on the glass - so very easy to do - strange that they don't mention it in the leaflet - though i suppose it isn't a legal requirement like all the blurb about side effects :)

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fbirder

I bought some of these - sepha.com/en/products/view/... - for scoring and breaking ampoules.

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