Vie Healthcare Vitamin B12 Plus 10 High Strength Transdermal Patches, 6 Transdermal Patches

1) Methylcobalamin of b12 is the bio active form needed by body. The other commonly used forms have to be metabolised to this form anyways so this is more effective quickly. 2) Dosage is constant throughout day. Injection and pills have a lower absorption due to the big hit. The body can only process a certain amount at a time. Slow release is more effective. 3) No pain like injections and Much more effective than oral doses -( often less than 1%!) 4) No toxic by products like cyanocobalamin (even tho that's not a concern at those tiny levels.) The additional vitamins help the pathway. I took a little folic acid with it. Started to feel better a day later and symptoms like tingling of toes and numbness of face and visual aura started to get better. They are meant to be WEEKLY patches that are worn for a day. But I have been wearing a new one every day as I am very deficient in b12. After a week I will swop to weekly then monthly. I highly recommend trying these especially if you're waiting for treatment injections etc. NB taking these will raise your serum levels of b12 into the normal zone. If the doctor hasn't blood tested you to diagnose the deficiency, it may give a false negative result to deficiency! If they see your normal levels you may get refused treatment! Blood test first quickly then start these, if possible.

I am under longterm investigation of probable inflammatory bowel disease causing low b12 levels with symptoms, low folates and severe iron deficiency anaemia. I have ongoing symptoms due to low Hb but in addition have vague symptoms which I didn't realise were low b12 in myself and only found out when I was looking at causes of my mum's loss of balance/falls etc. My main symptoms are extreme tiredness causing me to sleep for long periods of time, brainfog, loss of co-ordination, dropping things tingling in hands and feet headaches and forgetfulness. I have others but are more linked to the low iron/Hb. I had fast delivery of the patches. I found they don't always stick well for the 24hrs so I now apply a sticky dressing pad over the top which keeps the b12 patch from falling off. I definitely had improvement of the brain fog and felt more alert within a couple of days also had more energy. I started loading doses of b12 injections at my gp surgery but due to being unwell I couldn't always attend for the appointments and had to change them. I used the patches every week to get me through this time. I definitely recommend them if like me, you can't take oral medication either through symptoms of bowel inflammation or lack of absorption also caused by inflammation of the colon in my case. I'm just about to order more. They are very well priced and worth a try especially if they help you, I hope they do.

I have been using these for some time to supplement my 3 monthly NHS injections. Scientifically patches are a very good way to absorb B12 if you are deficient, second only to injections (people with B12 deficiency cannot absorb it through the stomach which is why they are deficient). Do they make a difference?. I'm not totally sure, but they are low cost and easy and there is no real downside. I wouldn't bother if I was not clinically B12 deficient.

I suffer from M.E/C.F.S and as anyone with this vile illness knows nothing makes us well but if something makes us feel even fractionally better then it is worth taking. I have queried my B12 levels before and always been told it was normal but I found out from a new GP that it is low end of normal so I thought that this would be worth trying. I put the first patch behind my ear on a hairless place as I'd read to do and a couple of days later was well enough to drive to my doctors appointment, something I can't always do, sometimes I'm not even well enough to go in a taxi and have to cancel, so that was a plus. The next day I felt OK too then I picked up a cold which sent me to rock bottom which was annoying as it flawed the effects of the B12 patch. I looked online if you could use more than one a week and it said you could use two so I tried another. As a tip I'd say don't put it on at night, I was wide awake at 4a.m! I don't know whether this was coincidence or an energy boost. For the first couple of weeks I've used a patch twice a week and I do feel slightly lighter, a bit more energy and able to pace myself. I'll now use one a week as the instructions say and maybe if I have an event I need to attend like my son's wedding coming up I'll use a patch two days before. Like I say, I'm nowhere near well but anything that helps even slightly is worth doing and these patches do seem to help a bit, especially for anyone with low end of normal B12 levels. I found that they stuck well even with the steam from a bath.

The first day I felt much better with my cfs/ fibromyalgia energy levels and wierd "squashy" muscle pain (semi disapeared), .Also I am defo more motivated since I have used it. However, the larger boost of energy seems to be more related to the first day or two. I wonder if I need two. So i think I will to go to my doc about an injection instead or ask his advise about if i can get them on the nhs and maybe use two or use 1 and another extra plain vit b patch on top. Its alot to spend buyin two tho. Its defo worth a try if u have CFS and fibro or just general low energy and immune system probs.... I don't think it works very well after the 2nd/3rd day myself and i find it hard washing and using massage washes on my shoulders so i moved it to my leg now