Ran out of supplements 4 months ago – told to wait a month. Advice please

[Karla9]

Please could someone advise me on what I do about this. I was iron deficient and folate deficient and B12 deficient and vit D deficient when results were last done in June 2017 and I have been told by my GP to wait until I can be fitted in for an appointment and blood tests which will be a month from now. Thankyou

[Marz]

Do you have the results with ranges for the above tests ?

[Karla9 in reply to Marz]

Ferritin 22 (30 - 400)

Folate 2.0 (2.5 - 19.5)

Vitamin B12 96 (190 - 900)

Vitamin D total 19.3 (<25 severe)

[Marz in reply to Karla9]

So have you had any treatment ?

[Karla9 in reply to Marz]

Was taking 800iu D3 since 2012 and 3x ferrous fumarate since 2012 and folic acid since 2016. B12 injection given July 2017 told to wait 3 months for another one thankyou

[Marz in reply to Karla9]

Do you have Pernicous Anaemia ?

[Clutter in reply to Karla9]

Karla9,

When were those tests done?

[Karla9 in reply to Clutter]

June 2017

[Jazzw]

With B12 that low you should have been given loading doses - so a series of injections, not just one! Looks like your doctor is a contender for numpty of the month...

800iu of Vit D wouldn’t raise the levels of a mouse - you probably need a mega dose of that too to get your levels up.

Is there another doctor in the practice you can see? You could wait for this one to fit you in, but I really don’t think he’s worth waiting for!

[Jazzw in reply to Jazzw]

This is what should have happened. If you read through, you’ll see that you should have been given Vit B12 shots every other day for 2 weeks.

cks.nice.org.uk/anaemia-b12...