Dr Tony Copperfield is a GP in Essex and his following blog was published on the 23 of July 2022 in Pulse Today. It follows a previous article titled: GP’s urged to screen asymptomatic patients on metformin for B12 deficiency
There are many problems associated with diagnosis and treatment of B12 deficiency and many of them boil down to a lack of education of health professionals. They have all been done a disservice. This is a worldwide problem. Serum B12 blood results I help people to...
Nurse oneMy lovely mum is a retired District Nurse. Her job involved giving B12 injections to her patients at 3 monthly intervals. My grandma had a diagnosis of PA (pernicious anaemia) and mum would recognise when she was ready for her next injection. Mum had zero...
It seems there are a group of doctors using the B12 test to in order to remove B12 injections from patients who require life long treatment. I have blogged about this practice before but due to the extra impact it's having I thought it time to revisit. Some doctors...
Jasper You may remember our beloved poster boy Jasper, passed away peacefully on the 23rd of May last year and that he did in fact become B12 deficient toward the end of his life. Remember, for us humans, there is no for 4 injections a year, your GP may not be aware...
Is your doctor allowing you to sink or swim? How are you feeling? Are your symptoms improving? Do you need more frequent B12 injections......? These questions are very rarely asked of B12 deficient patients regarding their treatment. Too many patients remain 'seen'...
The question you will be asking of your GP after reading this is 'show me the proof that 3 monthly injections are all I need'. The biggest problem B12 deficient patients face once they've achieved a diagnosis is desperate under treatment. Our maintenance dose is...
I have blogged about this before but it is worth revisiting because it is so shocking. First of all please note, that if you have a diagnosis of CFS or ME, then your symptoms may also be shared by B12 deficient patients. B12 deficiency symptoms can be reversed with...
Vets have a greater knowledge of B12 deficiency than the average GP. Jasper wouldn’t be misdiagnosed with fibromyalgia, CFS, MS, or bipolar (etc), in place of B12 deficiency. He would not be given antidepressants for B12 deficiency induced depression. He wouldn’t be...
As usual, I want to say that I acknowledge there are some clinicians who treat B12 patients correctly, this sorry tale below only refers to those who don’t. See below another shocker of a letter sent to a B12 deficient patient whose doctor is perhaps hard of hearing...
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