B12 tablets prescribed by doctor

[Alfabeta]

My practice is not giving u jections but prescribing high dose b12 tablets 50ugs I think to be taken twice a day then a blood test in three months to see if my b12 level has risen.

I am light headed and have parathesia my last injection was 4 weeks ago hence it is 12 weeks since my last injection.

Any views?

[fbirder]

Write to your doctor. Explain that you need your injections and that you already have symptoms of nerve damage.

cc: the letter to the practice manager, your MP, the local press, radio and TV.

[Alfabeta in reply to fbirder]

Thanks for the advice - I have already written but I doubt if the doctor will change unless there’s pressure from outside,

May I ask you, if I have low stomach acid due to my age but not pa will the tablets work?

[fbirder in reply to Alfabeta]

The tablets should work.

Low stomach acid is only important to activate the enzymes that break down protein and release B12 from proteins. The B12 in a tablet will not be bound to proteins.

However, the cells that make stomach acid are also the ones that make Intrinsic Factor. So low stomach acid is likely to be accompanied by low IF, and poor absorption of B12.

[Alfabeta in reply to fbirder]

Thanks. It’s taken 6 years of injections so far and I have not had symptoms for 24 weeks now, in addition to parathesia and light headed ness I now have symptoms of IBS the latter would indicate low stomach acid -

[Traceyma]

That's what I've been told by my gp as well. Tablets then blood test in 3 months. He says there is a new "guideline " to move as many people as possible onto tablets instead of jabs. So basically they are waiting to see if people have symptoms before their b12 is reinstated. Nobody knows what this guideline is as the NICE guidelines haven't changed and the BSH dont advocate moving people to tablets permanently

[Alfabeta in reply to Traceyma]

No time like a pandemic than to make a move !

My practice told me my tablets would be super strength which I couldn’t buy over the counter - 50 micro grams I can buy 100 micro grams from H & B!

[Traceyma in reply to Alfabeta]

When you ring my gps surgery about your b12 jab the receptionists are telling people they will be recalled later due to no face to face appointments and to take tablets. They are not being told that b12 patients are subjected to a clinical review. It's only because I insisted on speaking to my gp yesterday that he admitted they are as he put it using the pandemic as an "opportunity " to review b12 treatment.

[helvella in reply to Alfabeta]

I've got a pot of 1000 microgram B12 in the kitchen. And you can readily buy 5000 microgram tablets.

It is (marginally) harder to find them as low as 50 micrograms from online sources!

Just what do they know about B12?

[Alfabeta in reply to helvella]

Exactly!