Cobalamin deficiency in elderly patients

JG Ray, DEC Cole - CMAJ, 2005 - Can Med Assoc
We agree with Malvinder Parmar that the role of anion-binding resins in the treatment of
CDAD needs to be studied further. Anion-binding resins, such as cholestyramine and …

Oral cobalamin remains medicine's best kept secret

ID Graham, N Jette, J Tetroe, N Robinson… - Archives of gerontology …, 2007 - Elsevier
A cross-sectional survey was conducted in order to describe the use of oral cobalamin
among geriatricians, hematologists, and general practitioners, and to explore factors related …

Treating C. difficile

MS Parmar - CMAJ, 2005 - Can Med Assoc
We agree with Malvinder Parmar that the role of anion-binding resins in the treatment of
CDAD needs to be studied further. Anion-binding resins, such as cholestyramine and …

Oral cobalamin for pernicious anemia: back from the verge of extinction

FA Lederle - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: High dose oral cobalamin therapy was shown to be effective for pernicious
anemia and other cobalamin deficiency states 30 years ago, and physicians and patients …

[HTML][HTML] Cobalamin deficiency in the elderly

G Marchi, F Busti, AL Zidanes, A Vianello… - … journal of hematology …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Older people are at risk for cobalamin (vitamin B 12) deficiency because of a number of
common disorders (eg, autoimmune gastritis) and drugs (eg, antacids) that may alter its …

High prevalence of cobalamin deficiency in elderly outpatients

LC Pennypacker, RH Allen, JP Kelly… - Journal of the …, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To measure the prevalence of cobalamin (vitamin B12) deficiency in geriatric
outpatients as documented by both low serum cobalamin levels and elevations of serum …

Update on Oral Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12) Treatment in Elderly Patients

E Andres, T Vogel, L Federici, J Zimmer, G Kaltenbach - Drugs & aging, 2008 - Springer
The objective of this review is to evaluate the usefulness of oral cobalamin (vitamin B 12)
treatment in elderly patients. PubMed was systematically searched for English and French …

[PDF][PDF] Oral cobalamin therapy: It may be perhaps time to propose international recommendations?

E Andrès - La Presse Médicale, 2012 - academia.edu
In most countries, the classic treatment for cobalamin (vitamin B12) deficiency is based on
parenteral administration-as intramuscular injections-in the form of cyanocobalamin and …

Harm with high levels of serum B12 in elderly persons

JD Spence - The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 2019 - academic.oup.com
A recent report from the Newcastle 85+ study (1) presents the not unexpected finding that
high plasma levels of total homocysteine (tHcy) were associated with increased …

[PDF][PDF] Unexpected recovery of moderate cognitive impairment on treatment with oral methylcobalamin

WJ Rietsema - J Am Geriatr Soc, 2014 - researchgate.net
To the Editor: Vitamin B12 deficiency is one of only few reversible causes of 1 dementia.
This case report describes a clinical picture of dementia in a patient 2 whose serum B12 …