I was prescribed Cobalamin a couple of years ago but stopped taking it. I now have a need to start taking it a again but I'm unsure what the dosage should be:

male aged over 50, Type II takes 5mg crestor and 300 mg enteric asprin.

Anyone?

Thanks

What's it for?

What's it for?

To improve nerve end sensitivity and growth in the small bowel, I understand it's a form of neurapathy that occurs in some Type II patients resulting in slowed motility and longer digestion/absorption times..

Have a look here

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vitamin-B12/NS_patient-vitaminb12/DSECTION=dosing

Have a look here

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vitamin-B12/NS_patient-vitaminb12/DSECTION=dosing

I had seen that but thanks for posting it anyway since others may find it useful. That site doesn't specify a dosage for neurapathy which as I recall was either 500 or 1,000 ug,, certainly the supply I still from those days is Methycobal 500.

Have a look here

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vitamin-B12/NS_patient-vitaminb12/DSECTION=dosing

I had seen that but thanks for posting it anyway since others may find it useful. That site doesn't specify a dosage for neurapathy which as I recall was either 500 or 1,000 ug,, certainly the supply I still from those days is Methycobal 500.

I'm taking Methylcobine enteric coated tablets 500x2 first thing in the morning before food (enteric coated).

They have certainly helped with some neuropathic pain.

Have a look here

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vitamin-B12/NS_patient-vitaminb12/DSECTION=dosing

I had seen that but thanks for posting it anyway since others may find it useful. That site doesn't specify a dosage for neurapathy which as I recall was either 500 or 1,000 ug,, certainly the supply I still from those days is Methycobal 500.

I'm taking Methylcobine enteric coated tablets 500x2 first thing in the morning before food (enteric coated).

They have certainly helped with some neuropathic pain.

Thanks os, that sounds right.

Some feedback on this for anyone interested:

I started taking 1,000 mug of Cobalamin each day and also a B complex from Blackmore, the combination of those two seem to have done the trick, the problem was two fold but essentially the same beast.

The first problem was that my tongue had turned white and the clearing of the white back to pink was a three week process that kept repeating itself, not geographic tongue but similar. The second problem was that food was remaining in my small bowel far longer and was taking much longer to digest than normal,

The first problem is vitamin defficiency which is not uncommon in diabetics and those on low carb diets. The second problem is a function of eating a low glycemic diet where food takes longer to digest and be absorbed in patients who have suffered some form of neurapthy in the small bowel.

Am pleased to report that the vitamins have solved the first problem entirely and improved the second one substantially.