what gauge needle for vitamin b12 injection Dr. prescribed injections. Pharmacy only gave me vials. Where do you get your needles and syringes? size?? Where do I inject? : r/B12_Deficiency What needle size is best
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Further study is needed to clarify the best methods of supplementing

Ans: Vitamin B12 shots are generally very well tolerated by pets, and no serious side effects have been reported
Sensory Symptoms Numbness, tingling, or pins and needles (paresthesia) typically distal/stocking-glove in polyneuropathy Burning pain, allodynia, hyperalgesia common in small-fiber predominant neuropathy and CIDP Loss of proprioception and vibration sense sensory ataxia, positive Romberg sign Loss of pain/temperature sensation (small fiber) risk of unnoticed wounds Motor Symptoms Distal muscle weakness (foot drop in peroneal neuropathy, wrist drop in radial neuropathy) Atrophy of intrinsic hand muscles (ulnar/median neuropathy) Hyporeflexia or areflexia (ankle jerks lost early in length-dependent polyneuropathy) Fasciculations in severe axonal loss Autonomic Symptoms Orthostatic hypotension, dizziness on standing Gastroparesis, constipation or diarrhea, nausea Neurogenic bladder (hesitancy, retention, incontinence) Anhidrosis or gustatory sweating Sexual dysfunction

Dwarkanath P, Barzilay JR, Thomas T, et al
