Vitamin Dosage

lucalaw28
on 12/7/13 1:47 pm

Question: I take a vitamin b12 daily, the one that ive been taking is a take one daily and each dose is 2500 mcg.  When I went to buy more they only had a bottle with the dosage of take 1-3 daily and there is only 500 mcg in each pill.  My question is should I take enough of the 500 mcg to cover the dosage I've been taking daily (2500mcg) or should I follow what's on the new bottle.  Also both the new and old bottles are the same brand.

 

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Laura in Texas
on 12/8/13 2:41 am

Have you had your labs checked recently? That sounds like a lot for someone who has not had WLS. Having too much B12 is not a good thing. Even with RNY, we are only recommended to take 500-1000 per day. I take 2500 3 times a week and my levels are a bit high.

Laura in Texas

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lucalaw28
on 12/8/13 4:53 am

No I haven't.  Everyone I've talked to has said the same thing, I think I'm just going to follow the lower dosage for now.  Thanks for the response :)

            
Luvs2Cruise
on 12/8/13 8:23 am, edited 12/8/13 8:23 am
VSG on 10/30/13

I was on 2500 mcg of B12  about 7 months pre surgery, but I only took it every other day. I was on that dosage based on labs taken pre surgery.    Since surgery, based on my labs, I could take 1,000 a day or continue my 2,500 every other day.  Since I have bottles already on hand of the 2,500, that is what I am doing.  

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