Weight loss injections can be sold OTC in pharmacies but not B12 injections
Weight loss injection with serious side effects available OTC…
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Vitamin B12 OTC update and NICE Consultation
Read the latest B12 OTC update and how to comment on the NICE Draft Guidelines
B12 OTC Petition – The MHRA still dragging their heels and passing the buck…
I regularly bother my MP about our situation, I also ask for meetings with people who can make change – if they want to. I have yet to get to another one of these since my meeting with Minister Jane Ellison back in July 2016. I chased my MP again last week and lo and behold we now, 14 months later – yes 14 months… have another response from the MHRA.
Eight long years…
And the waiting continues. When I first wrote the petition to make B12 available over the counter it was spring of 2014. Thank you to every single person who has signed and shared that document. In order to try and progress our aim, I wrote a new petition which was...
Christine begged for vitamin B12 injections…
The eloquent Christine Monkhouse wrote to both her MP and Nadine Dorries following the request for personal stories, many of you have kindly shared these with me. Everyone feels that enough is enough...it's time for change. Please see Christine's words below......
One last big push. YOUR help is essential…
Together we can make this happen... On the 26th of May 2021 we heard MP Jane Hunt’s excellent speech during a Westminster Hall debate, on making injectable vitamin B12 available over the counter from pharmacies. This finally gave all people with B12 deficiency a...
Westminster Hall Debate for the B12 OTC petition tomorrow!
On B12 Awareness Day last year, our petition asking for injectable B12 to be made available over the counter was presented in Parliament. Following on from this, there will be a Westminster Hall debate tomorrow, Wednesday 26th May at 4.05pm. My MP, Jane Hunt will be...
MHRA Double standards on vitamin B12 injections
So far, B12 injections can't be bought from a pharmacy in the UK by the general public, but can be bought from a hair or beauty salon or any one of the 2500 technicians, clinics or outlets in the UK at a cost of between £25 - £100 each. Isn't this odd?- And some would...
Petition update – Your help is needed for the next stage!
Petition response We’ve had a response to our petition from the Department of Health and unfortunately they have reported what we already know about the regulations for a POM (Prescription only medicine). They state that we can’t have injectable B12 made available...
Fingers crossed…
For anyone who didn't catch the presenting of the petition last night please see this link MP Jane Hunt, did an amazing job for us in summarising the written petition, the text from which I add below, but it can also be viewed on Hansard here. This was not the...
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