Thread: B12 Deficiency
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Old 08-18-2011, 08:47 AM
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Default A few days to a week

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Originally Posted by KittyKatty View Post
how long does it take for the b12 injections leave my system?
The injections were likely cyanocobalamin, which stays in the bloodstream only a short time - less than a week (though B-12 is stored in the liver for several months).

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal.../198200a0.html

After you feel recovered, you might consider trying sublingual methylcobalamin.

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread85103.html

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