Vitamin B12?

My PCP ran some blood tests and she said my B12 is low, but not dangerously low or anything. She said she would prescribe the B12 shots but insurance will not cover it unless the levels are very low.

Has anyone else heard of this? I would rather take a shot than do more pills!

Since I am not doing the shot (for now) do you think crohn's can handle a daily multivitamin that has 100% of your daily Vitamin B in it? Or should I just take a pill that is only Vitamin B?

if you are anemic, chances are your b-12 stores are low too. i started taking b-12 supplements about a month ago. i was told i was anemic back in july and needed a transfusion of 2 units of blood. if you cant get shots, get a sublingual b-12 supplement or a time released capsule or caplet as it is not absorbed well in the stomach. take it with calcium too. the commercially available name you'll find in supplements is cyanocobalamin. b-12 is naturally found in animal products like beef and pork and liver and eggs - the foods you eat to increase your iron stores when anemic.

since CD is a digestive disorder that interferes with proper digestion and assimilation of nutrients, i am taking a b-12 supplement but at a different time of the day from my daily multi. your body does best on vitamins that are organic or natural. it doesnt assimilate or process synthetic ones very well. when looking at vitamins, if it has d in front of it that is good. if it has a dl, that is bad denoting it is a synthetic form of the real vitamin. vitamins are cheap cos most are synthetic. since your body doesnt really use synthetic vitamins, your urine glows in the dark. ie you are expelling the vitamins you took via your urine. money well spent...

I use a nasal spray for B-12. I know that the last time my doc checked my B-12 levels they weren't severely low so maybe I don't need very much. The nasal spray is easy - just one spray a week and I think it is fairly inexpensive. MB

Hi Lauren, I have been giving myself B-12 shots since I had surgery for the Crohn's my insurance pays
almost all the cost.

i have been geting B12 shots for over 5 years now.. Talk to your Dr and getting a large bottle of B12 they usually last a year. My insurance wont pay.. But a large bottle only cost $ 15.00 - 20.00 verses 10.00 ever 2 months

i just talked to my GI doc's nurse practitioner. normal b-12 levels fall in the range of 211 to 911. as of september 14 i am at 332. looks like i got some work to do seeing how i started a b-12 supplement almost a month ago...

I take B-12 shots on a regular basis and my husband gives them to me. It's cheaper for me not to turn my B-12 prescription in on my insurance because my co-pay for it would be $10 but I only pay $4.69 for a large bottle and the syringes are fairly cheap also. I haven't had to purchases any syringes in a while so I don't remember how much they costs. Hope this helps.