If you need guidelines, or plan on injecting B-12 into your belly area, here’s how to do it.

Well, injecting into the belly area is a simple and basically painless procedure, so it isn’t much to worry about in that regard. Just follow the correct steps and you’ll do just fine. The Abdomen is an easy place for most people to access when self-injecting vitamin B-12, which is why it is a very common area for B-12 injections. The name for the method of injecting into the belly (abdomen) area is subcutaneous injection. It is named that because the B12 is delivered into the fat below your skin and above your muscle. See example image.

Proper cleanliness and safety are the two main principles to always keep at the forefront for any injection and by following the basic, easy to follow instructions; you can quickly learn to inject yourself in the comfort of your own home.

The step by step is outlined in the link for performing a subcutaneous injection, and we strongly recommend thoroughly reading

Safely Disposing of Used Needles and Syringes

If you are injecting vitamin B-12, B-complex, insulin or some other medications at home, then you should be aware of crucial safety protocols. Most people are well versed by their healthcare practitioners, but it is doesn’t hurt to review proper disposal methods when it comes to sharp and potentially dangerous objects. Those of us with children and pets roaming our houses should be especially cautious with our sharps trash.

Safely storing and then disposing of your used needles is an obligation we owe to all of our neighbors. No one wants to be responsible for another human or animal being stuck by a new or used needle, the health risks are just too high to be negligent. Always store your new and used needles out of reach of children and pets.

It is our humane duty to properly dispose of our injection waste in a safe manner. Buy or make a sharps waste container to dispose of your needles and syringes. Store your used needles in your sharps container

Accurately Testing for Vitamin B12 Deficiency can be Complicated

The conclusions scientific studies are bringing to light is that many people suffer from the symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency and are not properly diagnosed and treated for their deficiencies. The main reasons for this are that the tests ordered by doctors are often not thorough enough to properly conclude whether a person is suffering from a B12 deficiency. For unknown reasons, many doctors do not take their patients complaints seriously enough to rule out vitamin B12 deficiency as the root cause of their signs and symptoms.

Yes, your test can show normal vitamin B12 levels but you can still be deficient and suffering from the symptoms. Regarding this I will briefly touch on the tests and reasons this occurs.

Issues Diagnosing Vitamin B12 Deficiencies

Some Main Reasons B12 Deficiencies Go Undiagnosed

1. Serum B12 is a commonly used test but often delivers false results.
2. Doctors often don’t take their patient’s complaints

Cautions and Tips for Proper Injecting

Throughout my many years as a nurse I picked up quite a few helpful tips to alleviate my patients anxieties and minimize their discomfort. I also self-inject and found these tips helpful for myself, so I wanted to share them with you.

1. Take caution if you only use one needle to withdraw and inject your B-vitamins. Needle tips are very fragile, and they can easily be bent or dulled with just one use such as withdrawing your vitamins. The slightest bump to the side of an ampule or vial can damage the needle tip.

If you hit the outside of a vial or ampule with your needle, start over with a fresh needle to limit any risk of potential infection. If you damage your needle there is greater risk of pain upon insertion into your skin and can damage the tissue below.

2. It’s a good idea to buy an 18 or 20 gauge needle for drawing your vitamin B12 and B-Complex from vials and ampules, and then change to a new needle to inject. For the best injecting experience,

How to Inject Vitamin B

My Experience with B12 Injections

I recall years ago in nursing school when my lab supervisor asked me to give her routine insulin shot. This would be my first actual injection that I would administer as a nurse in training, and I must say, at the time it was quite nerve racking. As a student of nursing, I had become very acquainted with the nervousness that came with performing certain tasks under the scrutiny of professors, veteran nurses and other supervision. So, with a mild background noise of familiar anxiety, I retrieved the supplies, washed my hands and then pulled opened the insulin specific needle-syringe combination packaging, tore open two swabs then laid it all out on a clean surface.

After positively identifying my patient (my lab supervisor), and double checking that the insulin type (rapid acting Humalog) was accurate and not expired, I proceeded to uncap the needle, picked up the vial of insulin and then promptly botched the draw by ramming the tiny

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5 Reasons You Need More Vitamin B12 in Your Body

Today it is not uncommon to know someone with diabetes or celiac disease and of course we all know people that drink alcohol regularly, so this is a great article to share with friends and family.

Why all humans need vitamin B12 is a lengthy and impressive list. Just a few of the things vitamin B12 does is protect your nervous system, create DNA and RNA the building blocks of each cell in your body, assists hormone production, aid cognitive abilities, protect the heart, turn food into fuel, elevate moods and keep you looking and feeling young. Find out more about what vitamin B12 does for your body so you fully realize its importance.

Below are 5 reasons you need to supplement vitamin B12.

You are Over 50

Fifty is considered young in most Western countries, but this doesn’t mean that time has not altered a bodies ability to function. One common function that can be decreased early as your 50’s is a persons ability to absorb vitamin B-12 from

How Vitamin B12 Cyanocobalamin Injections, the Vegans Choice, are Made

B12 Vitamin Store’s Vitamin B12 Cyanocobalamin Injections

Here at the Vitamin B12 Vitamin Store we have had many inquiries asking if our vitamin B12 injections are vegan. The answer is yes.

T.P. Laboratories Vitamin B-12 Cyanocobalamin is made in a manner that does not use ingredients from animals and there are no fillers in their vitamin B12 solution that are non-vegan. The only active ingredient is vitamin B12 cyanocobalamin with the inactive ingredient benzyl alcohol. No non-vegan ingredients are added or necessary.

Contraindications for Benzyl Alcohol:
This preparation is not advised in patients who are sensitive to cobalt and/or vitamin B12. Because this product contains benzyl alcohol, it should not be used in newborns or in people who are sensitive to benzyl alcohol.

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“How is Vitamin B12 Cyanocobalamin Made?”

Vitamin B12 cyanocobalamin supplements are made

How to Open Vitamin B12 and B-Complex Glass Ampoules/Ampules

Many people have never opened ampoules and even after watching a video or two, it does take some practice to get it right. To much pressure and you can break the top in your hand. Snapping forward or backward with just the right hand and finger placement is necessary to easily open any ampoule. It really isn’t a difficult thing at all, it just takes the right pressure, finger and hand placement to make it easy every time.

We are going to include a graphic below, but we recommend having a professional healthcare practitioner show you the proper way to safely open your ampoules so that you do not injure yourself or lose any of the vitamin contents.

Some recommendations when opening ampoules

1. Thoroughly wash your hands before opening.
2. Always clean the ampoule with alcohol so that nothing harmful enters into the ampoule.
3. Use a piece of gauze or a tissue in the hand that you use for the top part of the ampoule. This is so you don’t