B12 loading

[Advice1]

With the 6 B12 loading injections

and the GP possibly giving a Blood test in three weeks is it good idea to

take sublingual tablets 1000ug in between loading injections as the

Blood test B12 should be high anyway

as GP would be looking at low B12 result? These are cyanocobalomin sublingual and injections are Hydr

thanks

[Lisahelen]

To be honest there is absolutely no point in your gp doing a review blood test that soon after loading. You have just taken onboard enough to sink a battleship! I learnt the hard way because my gp did all my tests whilst i was being loaded and of course they came back high! It would be a better indicator if they redid them after at least three months then that way you would possibly get a better picture.

[Advice1 in reply to Lisahelen]

Hi lisahelen thanks for your advice on testing after 3 months i will put that to my GP

thanks for your kind support .

[fbirder]

The British Medical Journal, the British Committee on Standards in Haematology and the National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence all agree that testing for B12, once treatment has started, is pointless.

My summary document includes links to these documents with the relevant bits excerpted. It's in the third pinned post.

[Advice1 in reply to fbirder]

Hi fbirder thanks for all the info much appreciated

also may be strange

question! but can you mix different types of sublingual tablets

with hydro type injections

as the tablets i want to take in between loading doses are cyanocolcabolim 1000ug

thanks for your support the forum and members

are a great help to many people looking for answers and support.

Good luck

[fbirder in reply to Advice1]

No problem at all taking different types of B12 together.

[Advice1 in reply to fbirder]

I see .....Thank you for your advice and which helps clarify things .