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What Is Vitamin B12 Used For

Health Encyclopedia: Vitamin B12

Food Sources

Vitamin B12 is found in eggs, meat, poultry, shellfish, milk, and milk products.

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Expert & Community Posts

Study Shows B Vitamin Deficiencies Contribute to Memory Disorder

By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert

...learning and memory compared with normal mice." Vitamin B12 has been extensively studied, and... Read more »

Take Me Out of the Steroid Game: Implications for MS and Healthcare

By Dr. Gross , Health Expert

...rather than anabolic steroids and HGH, Brian gave him Vitamin B 12 and Lidocaine shots. That's a... Read more »

Do I Need to Be on Any Medications After a Terminal Ileum Resection?

By Todd Eisner , Health Expert

...doses of 1 gram twice a day. Supplementation with vitamin B12 is also indicated, as it is... Read more »

Weighing In: Should I take a multivitamin?

By Heather Reese , Health Expert

Question: Do I need to take a multivitamin? Answer: If you eat a well-balanced diet and do not... Read more »

Vitamin B12, Prevagen, and Other Natural Approaches to Alzheimer's Prevention

By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert

I stumbled upon a reference to a study published in the Nov. 1, 2007 edition of American Journal of... Read more »

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Health Guide

Schilling test

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Side Effects Vitamin B12 deficiencies occur when the body is unable to properly use the vitamin. Pernicious anemia can make the body unable to absorb vitamin B12 from the intestinal tract. ... Read more »

Pernicious anemia

... Prevention Pernicious anemia is not preventable, but with early detection and treatment of vitamin B12 deficiency, complications are readily controlled. Read more »

Megaloblastic anemia

Anemia - megaloblastic Prevention Adequate intake of vitamin B-12 and folic acid is helpful. Read more »

Vitamin B12

Vitamin B12 is a water-soluble vitamin. Water-soluble vitamins dissolve in water. The body cannot store them. After the body uses the vitamin, leftover amounts leave the body... Read more »

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Medications

Nexium Oral Precautions and Side Effects

Esomeprazole works by blocking acid production in the stomach. This medication is known as a proton... Read more »

Protonix Oral Precautions and Side Effects

...serious side effects occur: signs of low levels of vitamin B12 (e.g., unusual weakness, ... Read more »

Prevacid Oral Precautions and Side Effects

Lansoprazole works by blocking acid production in the stomach. This medication is known as a proton... Read more »

Prevacid Oral Precautions and Side Effects

Lansoprazole works by blocking acid production in the stomach. This medication is known as a proton... Read more »

Prevacid Oral Precautions and Side Effects

Lansoprazole works by blocking acid production in the stomach. This medication is known as a proton... Read more »

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Related News

B Vitamins Dont Help Heart Patients

August 21, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Taking B vitamins and folic acid may not do much to help patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Previous research has... Read summary »

Vitamin B12 Good for Older Brains

September 15, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Senior citizens interested in hanging on to their brain power may want to increase the amount of meat, fish and milk in their... Read summary »

Vitamins Dont Prevent Heart Disease

May 15, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study finds women who take folic acid and B vitamins do not reduce their overall risk for a heart attack. The study... Read summary »

Heavier Through the Generations

July 29, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) There may be a reason Americans keep getting heavier from generation to generation. A new study from Baylor College of Medicine... Read summary »

Overview: Acid-reflux drugs may cause vitamin B12 deficiency

October 02, 2008

In this overview of acid-reflux health, Harvard physician Mary Pickett warns of possible vitamin B12 deficiency from long-term use of proton-pump... Read summary »

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