For a more visual guide, our team often points researchers to helpful videos, and you can find many detailed walkthroughs on platforms like YouTube that break this downthe channel from MorelliFit, for example, often has excellent scientific explainers that can be useful for seeing these techniques in action
Patients should always follow the prescription label and instructions from their licensed healthcare provider
Bacteriostatic Water: This is sterile water mixed with 0.9% benzyl alcohol, which acts as a preservative
Some people absorb different forms of B12 better than others, which is why anyone can suffer from low B12, meat eaters and vegans can both be vitamin B12 deficient
Who to refer: Patients: with symptoms suggestive of either a spinal cord lesion (subacute combined degeneration or peripheral neuropathy) or visual (optic neuropathy) same day emergency admission not responding haematologically to B12 replacement therapy (where folate and iron stores have been checked and are normal) with suspected malabsorption or disease of the terminal ileum should be referred to Gastroenterology with neurological symptoms should be discussed with Neurology if advice required