difference between b12 tablets and injections Vitamin vs. Oral Supplements: Which Do You Actually Need? Vitamin B12 Tablets vs Injection

[DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] Kulbitska V.V., Nebesna Z.M

Below are some of the reasons for taking vitamin B12 treatments

Journal of human genetics

Prescription and administration: Once B12 deficiency is confirmed, GPs prescribe hydroxocobalamin injections according to standardised protocols: Standard loading regimen: 1mg intramuscularly three times weekly for two weeks Neurological involvement: 1mg intramuscularly on alternate days until no further improvement Maintenance therapy: 1mg every three months for life in pernicious anaemia or malabsorption conditions (or every two months if there was neurological involvement) Injections are typically administered by practice nurses at GP surgeries

The drug itself gets billed separately on the same claim