There is a study showing that daily oral B12 will raise your levels within a month.
Anemia takes longer because your body has to MAKE new cells.
It is important to find out from your doctor if you should have
folic acid too, and iron. Making new blood cells requires alot of potassium, so make sure you are eating foods high in this:
oranges, cantaloupe, bananas, V8 juice.
If you are low in iron, the B12 will not do much.
Quote:
Clin Lab Haematol. 2003 Jun;25(3):161-6.Click here to read Links
Efficacy of short-term oral cobalamin therapy for the treatment of cobalamin deficiencies related to food-cobalamin malabsorption: a study of 30 patients.
Andrès E, Kaltenbach G, Noel E, Noblet-**** M, Perrin AE, Vogel T, Schlienger JL, Berthel M, Blicklé JF.
Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, France. emmanuel.andres@chru-strasbourg.fr
BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that oral cobalamin (vitamin (B12)) therapy may be an effective therapy for treating cobalamin deficiencies related to food-cobalamin malabsorption. However, the duration of this treatment was not determined. PATIENTS AND METHOD: In an open-label, nonplacebo study, we studied 30 patients with established cobalamin deficiency related to food-cobalamin malabsorption, who received between 250 and 1000 microg of oral crystalline cyanocobalamin per day for at least 1 month. ENDPOINTS: Blood counts, serum cobalamin and homocysteine levels were determined at baseline and during the first month of treatment. RESULTS: During the first month of treatment, 87% of the patients normalized their serum cobalamin levels; 100% increased their serum cobalamin levels (mean increase, +167 pg/dl; P < 0.001 compared with baseline); 100% had evidence of medullary regeneration; 100% corrected their initial macrocytosis; and 54% corrected their anemia. All patients had increased hemoglobin levels (mean increase, +0.6 g/dl) and reticulocyte counts (mean increase, +35 x 10(6)/l) and decreased erythrocyte cell volume (mean decrease, 3 fl; all P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that crystalline cyanocobalamin, 250-1000 microg/day, given orally for 1 month, may be an effective treatment for cobalamin deficiencies not related to pernicious anemia.
PMID: 12755792 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread80963.html
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http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread80537.html
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