B-12 patch?????

angel91e
on 9/10/15 8:17 pm
RNY on 01/15/14

I ordered vitamin patches today but have heard that most people who have tried them still need additional B-12. I also saw they sell an additional B-12 patch will that adequately supplement me for the needed B-12?

HW/217 1st apt/202 SW/191 CW/115

1st goal:140 @9months

2nd goal:130 @11months

3rd goal:115 @16months  

    

H.A.L.A B.
on 9/11/15 5:42 am

The b12 patches also have B6. High b6 can cause neuropathy..unless you know your b6 test is low - I would not use it. 

Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG

"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"

"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 9/11/15 12:19 am, edited 9/11/15 12:21 am - OH

That really depends on your specific body's needs.  For some people it might be enough, but for others it might not. How much B12 are you currently taking?

I am just opting to use a 5000 mcg melt once per week as a supplement (it was the same thing I was doing before I switched to the multivitamin patch).

Lora

 

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Grim_Traveller
on 9/11/15 7:27 am
RNY on 08/21/12

In addition to what is in my multi, I take one 2,000 B12 meltable per week. A two year supply cost me $10.29

I think it's easier and cheaper than trying to tweak a B12 number with patches.

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 9/11/15 10:19 am - OH

Hey... I feel ripped off! My B12 "dots" cost me $12 for a one year supply.  Oh, wait... never mind... mine are twice as strong (5000 mcg). 

  

I know a woman who pays $14 per month for her "bariatric" B12 sublinguals.  "A sucker born every minute..." She says she spends over $75 every month on vitamins!

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Maggielynn37
on 9/12/15 6:20 am - IN

Have you thought about just getting a b12 shot monthly? 

 

    

        
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