Just curious if anyone has taken hydroxocobalamin (preservative free) injections and, if so, how much, frequency and did they experience any bad reactions? My functional doc has prescribed 1mg/1ML injections every other day for 10 days, then every 2 weeks for 8 times, then once per month for maintenance. This appears to be the right form for me based on SNPs; and I'm extremely low on B12 and folate. However, is this too high/frequent a dose and are side effects likely?
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Hydroxocobalamin injections--How much? Bad reactions?
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Sushi
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Are you also taking methyl folate? If so you would be stimulating methylation and your reactions would likely be from increasing methylation rather than B12 itself. Perhaps try a lower dose first? I inject 1 mg every day and have so for years, but we are all individual so many people start with low doses and work up to what is best for them.
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No, no folate yet, since my understanding is that I have to get B12 on board first. Also going to be using B12 to help with CBS and NOS issues.
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I used 10,000 mcg per ml 15 years ago which I think was what Cheney recommended. I don't remember it doing much for me. I don't remember how often I used it , maybe every other day?