Oral cyanocobalamin supplementation in older people with vitamin B12 deficiency: a dose-finding trial
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Unfortunately, the test proved to be too complicated and unwieldly for many patients and their clinicians as it required "an overnight fast, ingestion of (modestly) radioactive cobalamin, a 24-hour collection of urine, a cobalamin injection, two trips to the laboratory, and, if the result [was] abnormal, repetition of the entire procedure with a dose of [intrinsic factor]" (45)
Mechanism: B12 is a cofactor for blood cell production and energy-yielding metabolism
In the stomach, hydrochloric acid and pepsin release B12 from food proteins
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