We serve patients from West Moore OK, Tecumseh OK, Norman (HealthPlex) OK, Norman (24th) OK, Edmond OK, I-240 & Sooner RD OK, Yukon OK, and Bethany OK
This medication is also used for the Schilling test, which examines the efficiency that a patient's body absorbs the vitamin
Hydroxocobalamin is the preferred agent in this patient population (see separate monograph in Less Common Drugs)
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The most common sites for B12 injections are the deltoid (upper arm), vastus lateralis (outer thigh), ventrogluteal (hip), abdomen, and outer upper arm for subcutaneous injections
[15] Serious but infrequent events-such as angioedema, bronchospasm, hypotension, or urticaria-reflect IgE-mediated hypersensitivity and may require desensitization or substitution with hydroxocobalamin