One important caveat for completeness: benzyl alcohol is contraindicated for neonates and is not recommended for very young infants, which is why paediatric reconstitutions in clinical settings typically use WFI instead
The body uses vitamin B12 to maintain healthy nerve cells, produce RNA, DNA and red blood cells as well as help iron to function properly
We recently reported that NNMTi treatment combined with a low-fat, or lean, diet (LD) returned systemic adiposity and liver pathologies of obese animals to the adiposity and liver pathology levels of LD controls
Potential side effects (usually related to the benzyl alcohol preservative) include: Allergic reactions (rare) Local irritation at injection site In neonates or very small infants, benzyl alcohol can cause toxicity (gasping syndrome) and should NOT be used
Trouble focusing, memory lapses, and a general mental haze are common neurological symptoms of low B12
doi.org/10.3390/ijms19071987 Pickart, L., et al