Mednet Logo

Do you recommend starting with oral or intramuscular B12 supplementation in patients with newly diagnosed deficiency?

Community PollStarted

Do you recommend starting with oral or intramuscular B12 supplementation in patients with newly diagnosed deficiency?

12 physicians have voted

Join Mednetto vote and see how they answered.

1 Answer
Mednet Member
Mednet MemberInvited Expert
General Internal Medicine · University of Colorado
Answered on

Good question - the answer has some nuances. When making this decision, I think about two things: 1) The severity of the deficiency/urgency of repletion and 2) the likely etiology of the deficiency.

Regarding #1, if a patient has symptomatic anemia or neuropsychiatric symptoms, regardless of etiolog...

Join for free or sign in to see the full answer