Vitamin B-12 Injections
By: Elaine Sulkey, RN
August 2004
Vitamin B-12 injections are scheduled in the
Internal Medicine Department at the Allergy Office.
Office hours for injections are::
Monday - Closed
Tuesday - 1:30
pm – 4:50 pm
Wednesday -
1:30 pm – 4:50 pm
Thursday - 9:00
am – noon 1:30 pm – 4:50 pm
Friday - 9:00
am – noon 1:30 pm – 4:50 pm
If your physician has told you that you need
vitamin B-12 injections, it is given every month for the rest
of your life. Your body has a vitamin B-12 deficiency and is
unable to absorb this particular vitamin from foods or pills.
Vitamin B-12 must be given as an injection to get directly into
the blood stream to maintain the proper level of B-12 in your
system.
Some symptoms you may experience due to lack
of B-12 are weakness, fatigue, light-headedness, dizziness, numbness
and tingling.
Foods high in vitamin B-12 are dairy products
(milk), eggs and fish (salmon). Even though you eat these foods
your body is unable to absorb the B-12 from them so you must
supplement with the injection. Remember,
this a monthly injection for the rest of your life.
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