prevacid and b12 deficiency

H2 blockers, such as Zantac, ranitidine, Pepcid can also cause changes in heartbeat. I don't know what to safely try, or how to taper off the Nexium. Can anyone help? I just don't know what to do. Don't want heartburn or esophageal cancer either from not addressing the reflux.

When I lick my lips, my skin tastes bitter. I take Prevacid, and recently tripled my dosage from 20 microgm of Synthroid, to 75 microgm-any suggestions? I also tasted the skin on my hands/arm, and noticed the skin there was also bitter-tasting.

If I were you, I would make sure that iron is what you need -- in my case, my iron levels are normal, but my b12 levels are off. There are different kinds of anemia - there's iron deficiency anemia and there's pernicious anemia (b12 deficiency), which both have some of the same symptoms, but require different treatments. I've been down all those roads too, and am just now (after almost 3 yrs) getting my b12 and thyroid levels right, so I feel human again........

Out of these deficiency states vitamin B12 and magnesium are suspect. Vitamin B12 is needed to maintain the myelin sheath to protect the nerves and magnesium is needed for proper nerve transmission. Based on your symptoms, i would lean towards magnesium deficiency (stress is also a major cause of magnesium deficiency).

Hello~Yes, having a B12 deficiency can cause a lot of the symptoms you mentioned. I have had B12 shots, and the results were amazing, I felt full of energy, and my depression lifted as well. B12 is a very important vitamin, but, I would like to add that it should be taken in conjunction wit Folic acid and the other B vitamins, they all work synergistically, and it is best to have the entire "team" working together.

I am 32 years old and I have been diagnosed with B12 deficiency and neuropathy. I have been taking B12 shots for 7 months and my symptons are not getting any better. I am having pain in my legs and I have difficulty walking - my legs feel really heavy and weak. The initial onset was 5 years ago. I have had every test that you can think of and they have all been clear, including MRI and spinal tap. I seem to go into remission and then it comes back, this time even worse.

My symptoms are constant and progressive and I am so concerned that it is MS and not so much b12 issues- any insight? Three days post injection is it normal NOT to have physical improvement (my head does feel better.) Thanks.

I am using Nexium for a while, and I know it is associated with B12 deficiency. But also I am taking One a day daily which has 18mcg and that is 300% B12 of the recommended daily value. Do you think I am ruling out this B12 deficiency with this combination?

I know that I'm B12 deficient. I've been taking supplements for 1-2 months. I recently started having a "medicine" body odor. Is that a symptom of b12 deficiency? Do symptoms get worse before they get better?

Thanks for your comments, folks. I do feel a bit less cold and stiff in the last couple of days, so maybe it was just the freezing weather as much as the low b12. :) I should also mention that the doctor said it might be worth taking a daily b12 vitamin, which I've been doing, and also eat a steak once a week. But I remain distressed that the doctor told me it will take six months of monthly shots before there is improvement, and then postpones one of those shots for a month.

I am on Spireva, Symbicort, Singulair and Ventolin for my COPD and Asthma and Prevacid and Lipitor for GERD and high cholesterol. I also take Amitriptyline for fatigue related to MS. Has anyone else had trouble with protein or calcium deficiency that has been proven related to any meds? I can't say that I have a perfect diet and as I told my hubby that perhaps if I started drinking again it would help with the calcium deficiency...

Does anyone know what causes severe B12 deficiency and vitamin d deficiency? I am starting 50,000 IU tomorrow (twice a week) and I will start the B 12 shots (twice a week) for probably the rest of my life. I have been really sick and have some other symptoms that I have had a lot of trouble addressing. i have an unexplained fever and Blood Pressure that goes really high(180/120) and then drops really low (90/50).

Experts who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of B12 deficiency, like Sally Pacholok R.N. and Jeffery Stewart D.O., suggest treating all patients that are symptomatic and have B12 levels less than 450 pg/mL. They also recommend treating patients with normal B12, but elevated urinary methylmalonic acid (MMA), homocysteine and/or holotranscobalamin (other markers of B12 deficiency).

The best treatment for a B12 deficiency is injections and regular monitoring of the B12 via blood work. If you do not absorb it as you stated, suggest getting blood work to see where your level B12 and other vitamins are at and then get treated. Thank you for your question.

I would really like to know about this as I have been reading a lot about B12 deficiency and MS that the B12 and Ms dose seen to take a lot of B12 to heal the nerve sheeting damage from MS as I have been taking this B12 by shots and I still see no change from it and my headaches as well as other things are coming back again.

I just recently read that if you have b12 deficiency you may have trouble becoming pregnant or supporting a healthy baby through the pregnancy. there have been multiple times i should have gotten pregnant but i didn't and i thought i was infertile. I think i have the B12 deficiency because just recently i started taking a B-complex vitamin. i took it every day at the same time for a week and now my period is about a week late.

For this reason, Japan has risen the lowest level of B12 to 550pg/mL. Nexium causes vitamin B12 deficiency (and plenty of other deficiency states) as it lowers stomach acid essential to release instrinsic factor needed to bind to vitamin B12 for absorption in the gut. A more accurate test for vitamin B12 deficiency is a urinary methylmalonic acid test. (UMMA). Methylmalonic acid rises just 10 days after a vitamin B12 deficiency starts.

I too have a low B12 (192) and the doc told me to take 1000 mcg of B12 via a note on my lab report (which I viewed online).Doc never called. She didn't say how often or what form (pill or sublingual). I am taking a sublingual tablet under my tongue (1000 B12 mcg and 400 mcg Folid Acid). I was on Prilosec for 9 months (I have been off for 7 days) and I am not planning on taking Prilosec again.

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