Metformin can lead to Vitamin B12 deficiency, which can cause anemia and potentially irreversible neurological damage. — Whalespan
Metformin can lead to Vitamin B12 deficiency, which can cause anemia and potentially irreversible neurological damage.
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“and then recently more and more stuff has come out about metformin and b12 deficiency so what's going on there it doesn't appear to be related to intrinsic factor but metformin can lead to b12 which is kind of an important b vitamin if you want to make dna and neurons and and not have horrible anemia and like potentially irreversible you know neurologic damage that's important”
“and then recently more and more stuff has come out about metformin and b12 deficiency so what's going on there it doesn't appear to be related to intrinsic factor but metformin can lead to b12 which is kind of an important b vitamin if you want to make dna and neurons and and not have horrible anemia and like potentially irreversible you know neurologic damage that's important”
“metformin a drug that we know has significant side effects including lowering B12 and other negative side effects yes it will improve things in the short term but I think that it would be much better to change the lifestyle”