B12 Deficiency Caused by Allergy Medication

was just informed today that my B12 is really low.... I was reading up about this online and saw something about medications causing this deficiency.... so my question is this... I have been taking an allergy pill daily for about 2 months Could this have caused my B12 issue? I have never had this problem before I started taking the daily allergy pill... the only other difference in my lifestyle is that I recently stopped taking Depo-Provera after being on it for 16 years.... Could either of these things have caused my deficiency????

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Not caused by your allergy medication
by: Kerri Knox, RN- The Immune System Queen

Please see my page on B12 Malabsorption. It takes almost 4 years for Vitamin B12 stores in your liver to be used up after you stop getting inadequate amounts of Vitamin B12. In other words, this is not a 'recent' problem, but a longstanding one. Neither allergy pills nor depo-provera deplete Vitamin B12. Either you are not getting enough B12, or you are not absorbing the Vitamin B12 you are getting. If you are not a vegan, then almost certainly you have malabsorption.

Kerri Knox, RN

Vitamin B12 deficiency
by: Priya Nath Mehta

Dear Kerri!

Thanks for your wonderful answer to a complex question. I certainly appreciate the information!

Yours,
Priya

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