Your NP will advise at your walk-in appointment
Vegans can choose fortified cereals, plant-based milks, or nutritional yeast
Swallow oral supplements Oral B12 supplements come in a variety of forms, including lozenges, gummies, tablets, and soft gels
Regular B12 injections are a great way to maximize B12 absorption as these provide a direct and efficient source of the vitamin
Neurological: convulsions, increased intracranial pressure with papilledema (pseudotumor cerebri) usually after treatment, vertigo, headache Endocrine: menstrual irregularities, development of cushingoid state, suppression of fetal intrauterine or childhood growth, lack of secondary response of the adrenal cortex or pituitary gland, particularly in situations of stress such as trauma, surgery or illness, decreased carbohydrate tolerance, manifestations of latent diabetes mellitus, increased requirements of insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents in diabetic patients Ophtalmic: posterior subcapsular cataracts, increased intraocular pressure, glaucoma, exophthalmos Metabolic: negative nitrogen balance due to protein catabolism Psychiatric: euphoria, mood swings, severe depression to frank psychotic manifestations, personality changes, hyperirritability, insomnia Others: anaphylactoid or hypertensive reactions and hypotension or shock-like reaction Cyanocobalamin and hydroxocobalamin: hypervitaminosis and side effects were not observed with their use Dosage and administration Adults Coated tablets: 1 coated tablet 2 times a day
