The Top 14 medical ailments requiring B-Vitamin Injections

Many people are unaware that quite a few medical diseases and conditions require vitamin B12 and B-Complex injections as part of their treatments. In this article we touch on many but not all medical conditions requiring vitamin B12 injections to assist patient recovery and continued maintenance for their fight against these debilitating illnesses.Vitamin B12 is crucial to maintaining proper health and assists in thousands of bodily processes.

Those suffering Lupus or Grave’s disease and other immune system disorders are more likely to be vitamin B12 and B-Vitamin deficient. Therefore requiring B-Vitamin supplementation, usually through injection to be certain they are receiving the proper amounts that are easily and readily available for patients bodies to utilize and not lost lost through malabsorption or limited absorption in the digestive tract.

A condition named atrophic gastritis that causes a person’s stomach lining to thin is another ailment that can lead to B12 deficiency, additionally, small intestine issues such as bacterial growth and parasites also inhibit vitamin B12 absorption.

Quoted from “Medical Indications or Conditions that Require Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) supplementation”

Summary:
As summarized in the table, the medical conditions that may warrant the use of vitamin B12 supplementation include ethanol use, atrophic gastritis, celiac disease, Crohn's disease, chronic pancreatitis, gastric bypass surgery, hyperhomocysteinemia, intestinal bacterial overgrowth, intestinal fish tapeworms (Diphyllobothrium latum), use of certain medications, pernicious anemia, and in patients who are strict vegetarians or vegans.        

“Furthermore, it is likely that many of these medical conditions will likely require the use of vitamin B12 supplements that bypass the gastrointestinal tract.”

Editor-in-Chief: Anthony J. Busti, MD, PharmD, FNLA, FAHA

B Vitamins and Cancer

Vitamin B-Complex injections or vitamin B12 injections are regularly prescribed to those fighting cancer, prior, during and after treatments are completed. Direct links in preventing cancer are still undergoing extensive research and are inconclusive at this time, but there is no doubt that bolstering many vitamins such as vitamin C and B-vitamins in those that are severely weakened from cancer and its treatments is beneficial. There is variance throughout the diverse treatments and types of cancer, relegating some B vitamins such as B9 & B2 to be avoided during certain cancer treatments that use doxorubicin which B2 affects, or methotrexate which B9 effects. However, doxorubicin is known to deplete riboflavin (vitamin B2), so in certain situations doctors might recommend its use.

Vitamin B6 has been shown to benefit chemotherapy patients, particularly those undergoing treatment with 5-fluorouracil and doxorubicin. Other treatments such as doxorubicin and methotrexate can deplete vitamin B12.

The takeaway is that if you are undergoing or about to undergo treatment for cancer, you should first consult with your doctor before undertaking vitamin B12 or B-Complex injections to be sure that it will not interfere with your particular treatments drug regimen.

The Top 14 Medical Ailments Requiring B-Vitamin Injections

All of the illnesses below prohibit or impair normal absorption of vitamin B12 through food or tablets which is why injections are needed to bypass the compromised gastrointestinal tract and allow the body to have access to vitamin B12 and the other B-Complex vitamins.   

    1. Alcohol use

    2. Atrophic gastritis

    3. Celiac disease

    4. Crohn's disease

    5. Chronic pancreatitis

    6. Gastric bypass surgery

    7. Hyperhomocysteinemia

    8. Pernicious anemia (PA)

    9. Intestinal bacterial overgrowth

    10. Intestinal fish tapeworms (Diphyllobothrium latum)

    11. Intestinal parasites

    12. Use of certain medications

    13. Strict vegetarians or vegans

    14. Sometimes those suffering from Lupus (autoimmune disease) and Grave’s disease (immune system disorder causing hyperthyroidism)

If you are suffering from any of these conditions then you might already be aware that they cause vitamin B-12 deficiencies and are already supplementing B12 or B-Complex.

However, many people do not know they need to inject these vitamins to maintain proper levels and sometimes doctors fail to prescribe the proper regimens and methods. You might have loved ones battling these diseases and feeling the effects of vitamin B12 deficiency and have not been properly diagnosed.

To properly diagnose B12 deficiencies doctors recommend blood and MMA testing. Although vitamin B12 and B-Complex injections are not a cure for these diseases they can drastically improve the quality of life of those deficient and suffering from these ailments.

If you or loved ones are suffering from the signs and symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency, then it is time to be tested and immediately begin supplementing. But not until conferring with your healthcare professional to confirm it will not interfere with treatments, prescriptions and OTC drugs that you might already be taking.

Learn more about testing for B12 Deficiency: Why, How and What the Results Reveal

At the B12 Vitamin Store we supply quality products that are part of many treatments subscribed by doctors, but before undergoing any new vitamin supplementation regimen we recommend researching and discussing with the doctors caring for and treating your illness.

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