Where can you get cobalamin/ Vitamin B12?

So many people have asked us where to get Vitamin B12 that we thougth we'd better say where ordinary people can buy. NOTE www.b12d.org has no connection with any of these suppliers and cannot endorse any of these products. You will probably find hundreds of other suppliers;

ORAL

Two forms: tablets that you put under your tongue to dissolve, and a spray you spray into your mouth (cherry flavoured) which has been found to be particularly effective.

Tablets

High strength 3mg (3000ug) Vitamin B12/day lozenges including methylcobalamin, Vit C and Folic Acid http://www.foryourhealth.co.uk/store.asp?pid=66&catID=10 50 tablets - £11.95

Jarrow formula tablets Vitamin B12 (methylcobalamin) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jarrow-Formulas-Methyl-B-12-Lozenges/dp/B001B1NXQA/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1291134862&sr=1-12 1000ug, 100 tabls £11.30

Dibencozide (adenosylcobalamin) - if methylcobalamin doesn't seem to work any more (especially if you have injections and they don't work) then try dibencozide. It seems to work to restore health and liveliness and weight gain again, though it often only works once you have recovered with methylcobalamin or hydroxocobalamin for a year or two and suddenly find these aren't working for you. We don't know quite yet. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Trec-Nutrition-DIBENCOZIDE-100CAPS/dp/B003JF7P4C/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1291501740&sr=1-2

Spray

Liposomal (seems to get more Vitamin B12 into the blood stream even though the dose per spray appears to be less (500ug) than the tablets - tastes sweet and is more expensive) http://www.detoxpeople.eu/index.php?l=product_list&c=14&gclid=CJLktuH8yKUCFYpO4QodjVOwNw 90 sprays 500ug £21.99

Dosage

Any of the above, take one tablet or one spray per day.

INJECTIONS

You will have to learn to inject your self or have a willing partner, and you should study some of the instructive videos on YouTube. Finding someone who has diabetes and injects their own insulin is a very good way to learn - use insulin syringes/ needles because they are easy to get hold of. NOTE only use a syring / needle for a single injection and throw away; you cannot throw away into a bin you need to use a special yellow sharps bin; return the sharps bin to any pharmacist or GP once it is full.

Generic ebay search for the injectable B12 in individual vials http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_nkw=vitamin+b12+hydroxo&_sacat=0&_dmpt=UK_Health_Beauty_Vitamins_Supplements&_odkw=vitamin+b12&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313 as ebay listings change all the time. Hydroxocobalamin is the form that is licensed for sale in UK.

The following two links to B12 for injection worked just before Christmas 2011: http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=hydroxocobalamin&_sacat=0&_odkw=b12+vial&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313 and http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=b12+vial&_sacat=0&_odkw=b12+injectable&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313.  The first is 5 vials of 1000mcg (1mg) in 2ml and the second is for 10 vials of 500mcg (0.5mg) in 1ml, so they deliver the same amount of B12 in 1ml, about half a normal dose.  For home use, half a normal dose is probably fine.

If you can't get it from ebay, a friend sent this link for a rather expensive version: http://search.pharmacyonline.com.au/search?p=KK&srid=S1-5&lbc=pharmacyon... But please try the internet (I see there are lots of solutions for pets, especially race horses and dogs - did you want to go faster?).

Needles: we suggest 1ml insulin 100U syringes with needles built in (see below). They come in biggish packs but each one is pretty small. Very straightforward to use - fill the syringe, point the needle upwards and tap the syringe to get all air bubbles just under the needle, then push in the syringe plunger just enough to squeeze all of the air out. As you are injecting into the muscle or fat (IM or SC for sub-cutaneous - and these needles are short ones so you will be injecting sub-cutaneous) then you shouldn't need to worry about injecting tiny bubbles but avoid injecting any big bubbles. NOTE DO NOT INJECT INTO A VEIN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES this is a task for a skilled health professional and you don't need it for the quantities of B12 you are injecting.

Needles from Medisave.co.uk

syringes http://www.medisave.co.uk/100-x-terumo-1ml-insulin-syringe-needle-25g-x-16mm-p-100774.html £10 (inc VAT) per 100

Sharps bin also from Medisave (one should take over 100 needles/syringes once they are finished with - take them to a pharmacist/ GP to dispose of as you aren't allowed to put needles or used syringes into general rubbish, they always have to be disposed of in sharps bins which are incinerated. http://www.medisave.co.uk/sharsguard-yellow-05-ltr-needle-remover-sharps-bin-single-p-102110.html (around £1.50 inc VAT per bin) (Vitamin B12 is a nutritional supplement, not a medicinal product)

PLEASE feel free to look elsewhere for products once you know what you are looking for, B12d.org doesn't endorse any of the above products and doesn't get any benefit if you buy from these sources. (note new links - all the links stopped working when Medisave updated their web site)