Relationship Between The Use Of Antacids And Vitamin B12 Deficiency

Gastric acid inhibitors use was significantly associated with the presence of vitamin B12 deficiency, warned a case-control study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (1) Vitamin B12, also known as cyanocobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin. Like the other B vitamins, vitamin B12 is important for protein metabolism. It helps in the formation of red blood cells and in the maintenance of the central nervous system. (2)

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