Oral Vitamin B12 is Effective Form
Clinical Study Title
Oral cobalamin therapy for the treatment of patients with food-cobalamin
malabsorption.
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For
many people who have deficiencies of vitamin b12,
treatment consists of vitamin b12 supplementation.
Ten participants with cobalamin, or vitamin b12, deficiency
were identified and evaluated for malabsorption problems.
They were given supplements of cobalamin for a total
of at least a period of 3 months. Participants’ blood
levels were then evaluated over the course of the
study. The levels of absorption of the oral supplemented
b12 were found in the blood of the participants. This
suggests that a daily oral supplement of vitamin b12
can alleviate deficiency due to inadequate vitamin b12 absorption or intake. |
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Authors:
Andres E. Kurtz JE. Perrin AE. Maloisel F. Demangeat C. Goichot
B. Schlienger JL.
Institution:
Department of Internal Medicine and Nutrition, Hopital de Hautepierre,
Strasbourg, France.
Country of Publication:
United States
Source:
American Journal of Medicine. 111(2):126-9, 2001 Aug.
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