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Most practitioners recommend starting at 250-300 mcg daily to assess tolerance, then potentially increasing to 400-500 mcg if initial response is suboptimal and no side effects occur

Vitamin B12 injections are primarily used to: Treat or prevent vitamin B12 deficiency Manage pernicious anemia Support patients with malabsorption disorders Aid those with dietary restrictions, such as vegans or vegetarians Offset vitamin loss due to medications like metformin or proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)

Untreated deficiencies can lead to pernicious anemia and chronic fatigue, with more severe cases even impairing neurological function

Although one-third of patients with vitamin B12 deficiency can have normal serum B12 concentrations, measuring serum vitamin B12 is still a convenient screening test when the clinical picture is suggestive of vitamin B12 deficiency