An intramuscular injection is a technique for delivering medication deep into the muscles. This allows the medication to absorb quickly into the bloodstream. You may have received an intramuscular ...

While vitamin B12 might not be as buzzy as calcium or an immediately recognizable household name like Vitamin C or D, it's just as important for your health—and particularly your brain health. This ...

Several of my elderly patients (older than age 75 years) were initially vitamin B12-deficient. A few months after treatment with oral and/or intramuscular supplements, laboratory reports showed B12 ...

For those patients who receive the nearly 40 million intramuscular injections per year to treat their B12 deficiency, a new oral option may soon exist. According to the National Institutes of Health, ...

Researchers from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and the Catalan Health Institute, Spain sought to investigate the effects of oral vitamin B12 vs. IM vitamin B12 to determine whether outcomes ...

Meeting the minimum requirement for vitamin B12, needed to make DNA, red blood cells and nerve tissue, may not actually be enough – particularly if you are older. It may even put you at risk for ...

Several of my elderly patients (older than age 75 years) were initially vitamin B12-deficient. A few months after treatment with oral and/or intramuscular supplements, laboratory reports showed B12 ...