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I get monthly injections and my blood levels are 1500. I have been receiving treatment for 5 months. My doc thinks this is sufficient and that I do not need more frequent injections despite the fact that my symptoms are all slowly coming back. I am wondering has anyone had their B12 levels checked while getting injections and what your numbers were? I know these numbers are falsely inflated and that doctors should go off of symptoms but my doc does not seem to think that is the case.

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Nackapan

It states very clearly in the ' Hull" guidelines sleepybunny recently Posted with references.

B12 does not need testing once on injections. It means nothing.

Look through the posts

Get the references.

See another Gp.

I had a battle with this but have two weekly prescribed by the Gp.

Tried a longer gap. Hoping monthly but no.

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Sleepybunny

Hi,

The article below might be a useful one to pass onto your doctor.

B12 article from Mayo Clinic in US.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

Table 1 in above article is about frequent misconceptions about B12 deficiency.

The BSH Cobalamin and Folate Guidelines in UK suggest that testing B12 levels after treatment has started is irrelevant.

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Litatamon

See between #4 and 5 -

stichtingb12tekort.nl/engli...

And this article -

stichtingb12tekort.nl/engli...

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strazzin

I am in the same position here. I get my injections based on my B-12 levels. I have to show the doctor some of the research the next time I go in.

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