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<blockquote data-quote="SimonCrox" data-source="post: 1931542" data-attributes="member: 388174"><p>If you have developed B12 deficiency on metformin, it will come back. If you stop the metformin, 50% of time it will come back. If the level was only slightly low, oral B12 may well keep levels up, but if proper deficiency, injected B12 is preerable.</p><p></p><p>One can use oral B12 in B12 deficiency, although the problem is poor B12 absorption, cos one is giving a large dose of oral B12 - the amount of B12 in multivitamin preparations is probably not going to have the 100 mcg usually prescribed.</p><p></p><p>Oral B12 is cyano-cobalamin, and injected B12 is hydroxy-cobalamin; some of the problems with severe B12 deficiency have been attributed to the cyanide moitie in the old cytamen (cyano-cobalamin) injections, so if neurological or cognitive problems with B12 deficiency, I would go for the hydroxy-cobalamin injections - indeed I do - 1mg IM every three months now</p><p></p><p>best wishes</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SimonCrox, post: 1931542, member: 388174"] If you have developed B12 deficiency on metformin, it will come back. If you stop the metformin, 50% of time it will come back. If the level was only slightly low, oral B12 may well keep levels up, but if proper deficiency, injected B12 is preerable. One can use oral B12 in B12 deficiency, although the problem is poor B12 absorption, cos one is giving a large dose of oral B12 - the amount of B12 in multivitamin preparations is probably not going to have the 100 mcg usually prescribed. Oral B12 is cyano-cobalamin, and injected B12 is hydroxy-cobalamin; some of the problems with severe B12 deficiency have been attributed to the cyanide moitie in the old cytamen (cyano-cobalamin) injections, so if neurological or cognitive problems with B12 deficiency, I would go for the hydroxy-cobalamin injections - indeed I do - 1mg IM every three months now best wishes [/QUOTE]
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