The Chairman of the PA Society, Martyn Hooper, and Petra Visser, PA Society Webmanager and Chair of the Dutch B12 Foundation, were asked to attend the meeting with the Haematologist who had been given special responsibility to issue a raft of Guidelines for dealing with all manner of blood disorders during the Covid-19 pandemic
Key findings from SURMOUNT-1 include a mean weight loss of 15.0% at the 5mg dose, 19.5% at the 10mg dose, and 20.9% at the 15mg dose over 72 weeks
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This vitamin assists in the production of myelin, a protective sheath that insulates nerves and ensures efficient signal transmission
Vial expires 28 days after reconstitution
Other relevant interactions: Colchicine (used for gout) may affect B12 absorption with long-term use Chloramphenicol (rarely used antibiotic) may blunt the haematological response to B12 treatment Monitoring considerations: Patients taking loop or thiazide diuretics require careful monitoring when initiating B12 therapy in severe deficiency, due to the risk of hypokalaemia during rapid cell production