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Vitamin B12 is an essential vitamin. This means that the body requires vitamin B12 to work properly. Vitamin B12 can be found in foods such as meat, fish, and dairy products. It can also be made in a laboratory. It is often taken in combination with other B vitamins.Vitamin B12 is taken by mouth to treat and prevent vitamin B12 deficiency, a condition in which vitamin B12 levels in the blood are too low.Vitamin B12 is also taken by mouth for memory loss, Alzheimer’s disease, to slow aging, and to boost mood, energy, concentration, mental function, and the immune system. It is also used for heart disease, clogged arteries and decreasing the risk of re-clogging arteries after surgery, high triglyceride levels, lowering high homocysteine levels (which may contribute to heart disease), male infertility, diabetes, diabetic nerve damage, nerve damage in the hands or feet, sleep disorders, depression, mental disorders, schizophrenia, weak bones (osteoporosis), swollen tendons, AIDS, inflammatory bowel disease, diarrhea, asthma, allergies, a skin disease called vitiligo, and skin infections.

Some people use vitamin B12 by mouth for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease), multiple sclerosis, preventing the eye disease age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a condition in which the body products too much thyroid hormone, Lyme disease and gum disease. It is also used by mouth for respiratory tract infections, maintaining fertility, ringing in the ears, bleeding, liver and kidney disease, canker sores, preventing fractures, preventing stroke, preventing blood clots, and for protection against the poisons and allergens in tobacco smoke. It is also taken by mouth to prevent cancer, including breast cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, and lung cancer. Vitamin B12 is also used to prevent broken bones and falls, and cataracts. It is also used to help people with a lung disease called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exercise longer.
Vitamin B12 is applied to the skin either alone or in combination with avocado oil for psoriasis and eczema. Also, a vitamin B12 nasal gel is applied for pernicious anemia and preventing and treating vitamin B12 deficiency.Vitamin B12 is injected into the body to prevent and treat vitamin B12 deficiency. It is also used for tremors, to treat Imerslund-Grasbeck disease, cyanide poisoning, nerve damage caused by shingles, diabetic nerve damage, ringing in the ears, tiredness or fatigue, chronic fatigue syndrome, hepatitis C, a condition in which the body products too much thyroid hormone, bleeding, cancer, psoriasis, and liver and kidney disease. It is also injected in the body to prevent arteries from re-clogging after surgery.
Vitamin B12 is breathed in for canker sores.