B12 injections deliver the vitamin directly into the bloodstream, ensuring maximum absorption and immediate effects, whereas oral supplements must pass through the digestive system, which can result in lower absorption rates and slower onset of action
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For some reason, and I can find no scientific basis for this, that recommendation was changed in 1974 to an injection every two months and then in 1984 to every three months
Some people are tempted to try at home injections
The last thing we want to see is not a lot of uptake, he says
