Key Functions of Vitamin B12 Vitamin B12 is indispensable for several critical bodily processes: Red Blood Cell Formation : Helps in the production of healthy red blood cells, which transport oxygen throughout the body
A differential for the myelopathy would include various metabolic, toxic, immunologic, and infectious disorders, such as copper deficiency myelopathy (possibly precipitated by zinc toxicity), folate deficiency myelopathy, vitamin E deficiency myelopathy, nitrous oxide toxicity, HIV-related vacuolar myelopathy, HTLV-1-associated myelopathy, neurosyphilis, and possibly Lyme disease
The combination of a PPI and metformin would absolutely require regular laboratory tests for vitamin B12
Preventing Deficiencies : Semaglutides effect on gastric function may impair Vitamin B12 absorption
Important caveat: human efficacy is unproven
Extends the Growth Phase Keeps follicles in the anagen (growth) phase of the hair growth cycle longer, delaying the transition to the telogen (resting) phase so each strand has more time to thicken