Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) is a cobalt-containing biologically active substance, without which the normal functioning of the human body is impossible.
The role of vitamin B12 in the body
This substance, being in close interaction with ascorbic, folic and pantothenic acids, participates in the metabolism of fats, proteins and carbohydrates. Vitamin B12 is involved in the production of choline necessary for the normal functioning of the nervous system. It also has a beneficial effect on liver function, revitalizes iron stores in the body, is necessary for normal hematopoiesis.
Recent data from scientists show that without the vitamin B12 normal process of bone tissue formation is impossible, which is especially important for children, pregnant women and women in the climacteric period.
Important and the role of vitamin B12 in the launch of the main life process in the body - the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic and ribonucleic acids, in which it participates along with other substances.
The use of vitamin B12 in ampoules
One of the forms of release of vitamin B12 is a solution for injections in ampoules. The solution of cyanocobalamin is a sterile transparent liquid from pale pink to red. This form of the drug is used for intramuscular, intravenous, subcutaneous or intraluminal administration.
The injections of vitamin B12 are prescribed with such diagnoses:
- anemia (malignant, posthemorrhagic, iron deficiency, etc.);
- polyneuritis;
- neuralgia of the trigeminal nerve;
- migraine;
- diabetic neuritis;
- Down's disease;
- alcoholic delirium;
- radiation sickness;
- hepatitis;
- cirrhosis ;
- Botkin's disease;
- neurodermatitis and others.
Dosage of vitamin B12 in ampoules
According to the instructions for vitamin B12 in ampoules, the dosage of administration and duration of administration of the drug depends on the nature of the disease. Here are standard treatment regimens for this remedy for certain diseases:
- With B12-deficiency anemia, 100-200 mcg every other day until improvement is achieved.
- With iron deficiency and posthemorrhagic anemia - 30-100 mcg 2-3 times a week.
- With neurological diseases - in increasing doses from 200 to 500 mcg per injection (after improvement - 100 mcg per day); course of treatment - up to 14 days.
- With hepatitis and cirrhosis, 30-60 μg per day or 100 μg every other day for 25-40 days.
- With diabetic neuropathies and radiation sickness, 60 to 100 μg every day for 20 to 30 days.
Duration of treatment, as well as the need for repeated courses of treatment depend on the severity of the disease and the effectiveness of therapy.
How to properly prick vitamin B12?
If intramuscular injections of vitamin B12 are prescribed, then you can do them yourself:
- As a rule, vitamins are injected into the buttock, but an injection into the upper part of the thigh is also permissible. To make a shot, you need to prepare an ampoule with the drug, a disposable syringe, alcohol and cotton wool.
- Before the procedure, you should wash your hands thoroughly.
- Opening the ampoule with vitamin and preparing a syringe, you need to dial into it a solution, and then turn the syringe up with a needle and release air bubbles (at the end of the needle there should be a drop of solution).
- Wiping the place of the injection with cotton wool soaked in alcohol, the fingers of the left hand need to stretch the skin lightly, and the right hand quickly enter the needle. The solution should be injected slowly, gradually pressing the piston.
- After removing the needle, the site of the injection should be rubbed again with alcohol.
Contraindications to the use of vitamin B12:
- hypersensitivity;
- thromboembolism;
- acute heart failure ;
- angina pectoris;
- malignant tumors.