How much oral vitamin B12 is needed to treat B12 deficiency

July 2005

How much oral vitamin B12 is needed to treat B12 deficiency?

B12 deficiency is common in patients with reduced gastric acid...because acid is required to release cobalamin from food.

We used to think that these patients needed B12 INJECTIONS... but ORAL supplements are also effective.

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