Maintenance, non-dietary cause: 1mg every two to three months for life
This helps ensure you receive the correct diagnosis and the most appropriate vitamin B12 deficiency treatment
Common side effects may include pain or redness at the injection site
The efficacy of ABILIFY MAINTENA for the maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder was established in a 52-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized withdrawal trial in adult patients who were experiencing a manic episode at trial entry, met DSM-IV-TR criteria for bipolar I disorder, and had a history of at least one previous manic or mixed episode with manic symptoms of sufficient severity to require one of the following interventions: hospitalization and/or treatment with a mood stabilizer, and/or treatment with an antipsychotic agent
If you have tried oral B12 before and felt no change, this may be part of the reason, and it is worth mentioning to your provider
HCPCS Code J8499 is a Level II billing code for a prescription drug that is oral, non-chemotherapeutic, and not otherwise specified by a more specific J-code