Medical Opinion Needed: Injectable B12?

[rhodesbe]

I'm going on a week of self-medicating myself with this stuff:

I hit myself with about 1.0 cc every morning. I've been rather pleased with the results. Better energy, less mental fog, and I can rip a phonebook in half... well, two of three aint bad.

Because I am a type 1 diabetic, injecting myself with stuff is nothing new. I have read a whole slew of whitepapers and steroid websites, err 'fitness forums' that tout the cheap benefit on injecting B12, that simply taking the oral supplement absorbs about 2% - 5% of the vitamin, where injecting gives you the full measure.

In the recent past, I have tested to be deficient in B6, so I figured that popping some 'B Complex' would kill two birds with one stone.

So, OSA Doctors: Is the goodness I'm feeling with injectable B Complex a junkie placebo effect? Is there a real benefit?

 

[twoguns?]

Well...I am NOT a Doctor...but....the bottle says..."for animal use only".
Now I ...Know your an animal..that doesnt sound rite....I know your of the animal species....
Well any way...when you stop injecting, the effects will end....I just take a B complex with a RED BULL... an im goood to gooooo....

 

[kd5rjz]

I used to do this to ease hangovers when i was in college. Be sure to IM (you should only slow-release in IV).

(I am not a doctor and you should consult one and take his advice over mine, my above statement is only feedback based on unprofessional experience)

 

[rhodesbe]

Re: animal use only

The factory where they keep the big jug of B complex spits out 'animal use' bottles on one side and 'human use' bottles on the other. Animal use = $5 / Human use = $15

 

[kd5rjz]

Re: animal use only

The factory where they keep the big jug of B complex spits out 'animal use' bottles on one side and 'human use' bottles on the other. Animal use = $5 / Human use = $15

Based in my experience in industrial automation, you are correct.

 

[twoguns?]

Re: animal use only

The factory where they keep the big jug of B complex spits out 'animal use' bottles on one side and 'human use' bottles on the other. Animal use = $5 / Human use = $15

But they ..wash the bottles on the....well one side or the other...

 

[ripnbst]

In my experience manufacturing products for both human and animal use in terms of medical/veterinary products they are both held to very similar standards. At least in the industry that requires products I am familiar with. As far as the actual medicines I dont know. I only have knowledge in the realm of containers and equipment used to handle and hold the actual medicines.

 

[inactive]

I know your of the animal species....

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Hominidae
Tribe: Hominini
Genus: Homo
Species: H. sapiens



Just to be clear

 

[Fyrtwuck]

Not the same medication, but I have two dogs that have seizures and the Vet prescribed Phenobarbital. They Vet said that this was the same exact stuff that they prescribe for humans.

 

[inactive]

My dog has been given Tramadol for his arthritis, and can confirm from my vet that it's no different (aside from dosages and palatability ) than the human medication for the same symptoms.