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Concurrent nutritional deficienciesparticularly folate or iron deficiencycan impair the response to B12 treatment, as these nutrients work together in red blood cell production
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Skip cyanocobalamin unless cost is a hard constraint (the premium for methylcobalamin is real but modest, running $0.10 to $0.40 per day)
Both vitamin B12 deficiency and folate deficiency are more common in older people, affecting around 1 in 10 people aged 75 or over and 1 in 20 people aged 65 to 74
