IM vitamin D may be considered for patients with significantly low levels, malabsorption, or difficulty maintaining adequate status with oral supplementation alone
Cyanocobalamin injections are often prescribed to gastric bypass patients who have had part of their small intestine bypassed, making it difficult for B 12 to be acquired via food or vitamins
But in their quest to run farther, jump higher, and outlast the competition, athletes sometimes turn to a variety of performance-enhancing drugs and supplementsincluding creatine
Many patients come in specifically for B12 or nutrient injection Happy Hour without a prior comprehensive consultation
No serious adverse events, liver enzyme elevations, or cardiovascular changes were documented in the Phase 1 safety study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism in 2024