Re: Vitamin B12 injections: considerable source of work for the district nurse.
As a patient with neurological symptoms of Vitamin B12 deficiency, for which the recommended treatment is injections every other day until there is no further improvement, I am surprised that no mention is made of teaching patients to self inject? Surely this has the potential to significantly reduce nurse appointments and save money whilst giving patients a convenient option with much more control over their own health.
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Member of the Pernicious Anaemia Society
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Re: Vitamin B12 injections: considerable source of work for the district nurse.
As a patient with neurological symptoms of Vitamin B12 deficiency, for which the recommended treatment is injections every other day until there is no further improvement, I am surprised that no mention is made of teaching patients to self inject? Surely this has the potential to significantly reduce nurse appointments and save money whilst giving patients a convenient option with much more control over their own health.
Competing interests: Member of the Pernicious Anaemia Society