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Originally Posted by Sallysblooms
Jason, I have done the shots to bring my level up. Sublinguals were what most of my doctors liked, but one doctor suggested the pills. Everyone is different. Just getting the level up is important.
Do you also eat meat?
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Hi Sally,
Yes I do eat meat. But I think I don't absorb B12. I'm probably lacking intrinsic factor. The thing that I think did it was years of use of Prilosec OTC, which is a proton pump inhibitor, which can damage those cells. It's really the only thing I can think of, unless I have an autoimmune disease that kills the parietal cells, which I don't know. I had an upper endoscopy a couple weeks ago and from what I gather everything was normal. It's probably just a lack of IF, but as for the cause, I don't know!
I guess it almost doesn't even matter why anymore, since there is so much B12 out there and in mega high doses to take (and also shots, etc).