Natural Medicines Newsletter

Volume 3, Issue 16, 04/26/2011

Question

How can the use of vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) supplements prevent or treat neuropathy?

Answer

Vitamin B12 is a well known water soluble vitamin necessary for a number of metabolic reactions and prevention of medical complications, most commonly hematopoietic disorders and spinal cord related neuropathies.1-4  Unfortunately, approximately 1.5% to 15% of the general population are known to be deficient of vitamin B12, thereby putting them at increased risk for these medical complications. 

As it relates to neuropathy, those most common complication related to vitamin B12 deficiency is a neuroanatomical abnormality commonly seen in the... 

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