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    Acta Med Scand. 1978;204(1-2):81-4.

    Vitamin B12 body stores during oral and parenteral treatment of pernicious anaemia.

    Berlin R, Berlin H, Brante G, Pilbrant A.

    Oral treatment of pernicious anaemia patients with 1 mg cyanocobalamin daily has been shown before to be as effective as conventional injection therapy. The result of this study indicates that oral treatment also keeps the vitamin B12 body stores adequately filled, a confirmation of earlier results obtained in another way.

    PMID: 685735 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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    • Cyanocobalamin Injection

      Cyanocobalamin injection is used to treat and prevent a lack of vitamin B12 that may be caused by any of the following: pernicious anemia (lack of a natural substance needed to absorb vitamin B12 from the intestine); cer...