Intramuscular and subcutaneous are not interchangeable, and the needle follows the route
Nitrous oxide, a commonly used anesthetic, oxidizes and inactivates vitamin B 12 , thus inhibiting both of the vitamin B 12 -dependent enzymes, and can produce many of the clinical features of vitamin B 12 deficiency, such as megaloblastic anemia and neuropathy
Thus all of the DNA synthetic effects of B 12 deficiency, including the megaloblastic anemia of pernicious anemia, resolve if sufficient dietary folate is present
This creates a concentration of 2,500 mcg/mL (2.5 mg/mL)
The data are interpreted as mechanistic insights rather than as evidence of established therapeutic efficacy
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