Having conflicting treatment from different doctors at our GP practice that is seeing lots of changes of personnel. Had 6 loading and 1 maintenance injections and then different doctor stopped further ones after blood test for intrinsic factor came back negative.
After a B12 IM injection how long sho... - Pernicious Anaemi...
After a B12 IM injection how long should I leave it before having a blood test that would give a reliable reading for B12.
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The negative result for the IF antibodies is meaningless. About half of all people with PA give a false negative.
Any blood test for B12 is pointless once you've started injections.
You need to be treated properly - hey.nhs.uk/wp/wp-content/up... which means they continue injections forever if they have improved your symptoms.
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