Suitable for Oral Therapy Replacement Cases It is beneficial when oral vitamin supplementation is not possible or effective, such as in critically ill patients, ICU cases, or severe vomiting
Iron Dextran Injection is intended for veterinary use only
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
These symptoms also overlap with other conditions, so its worth testing before starting treatment
This injection is used for the treatment of suspected vitamin B12 deficiencies and the conditions associated with them
Identification of nicotinamide N-methyltransferase as a promising therapeutic target for sarcopenia
