Vitamin Booster Injections & Vitamin C Injections

Large amounts are found in liver, beef, salmon, trout, tuna, and clams. Smaller amounts are available in eggs, yogurt, cheese, and cereal products fortified with B12.

Vitamin B12 enhances the metabolic function of the cells helping to boost energy release and support overall wellbeing. There are multiple benefits of B12 on physical & mental health as well as emotional wellbeing:

• BOOSTS ENERGY reducing tiredness & fatigue
• BOOSTS IMMUNITY to support optimum physical health
• BOOSTS METABOLISM helping to support fat burning & weight loss
• BOOSTS MENTAL WELLBEING reducing stress & emotional instability

The following symptoms may be experienced if you are anaemic, and they are due to the reduced oxygen levels in your body:

• Lethargy
• Feeling faint
• Tiredness
• Breathlessness

There are some less common symptoms, including:

• Loss of appetite
• Altered taste
• Palpitations
• Headaches
• Tinnitus (ringing in the ears)
• Pale skin

One of the main causes is the autoimmune condition pernicious anaemia. Other causes are conditions affecting the stomach or small intestine, such as Crohn’s disease, operations such as gastrostomies (which involve removal of part of the stomach), and certain medications. Researchers have also identified a gene variation linked to B12 deficiency. Long-term deficiency can lead to serious heart and neurological problems.

B12 is involved in producing red blood cells, maintaining a healthy nervous system, and converting food to energy. It also helps to regulate the immune system and mood, and control levels of the amino acid homocysteine, elevated levels of which are associated with heart disease. Most people who eat meat, fish, eggs and dairy products get enough B12. Vegans are advised to eat fortified food and take supplements.

Vegetarians, vegans, elders, people who drink alcohol, people who have digestive issues and who are taking certain medications.

The UK government says adults need 1.5 micrograms (mcg) a day and the European Food Safety Authority says 4mcg a day is adequate. The US and Europe, but not the UK, recommend higher levels for pregnant and breastfeeding women. A study published last year found one in 12 women aged between 19 and 39 were B12 deficient, despite consuming at least the UK recommended minimum intake.

Injections bypass the digestive tract and, as a result, the vitamin B12 has a more direct route to the cells and can be more readily metabolised. You will feel the benefit more quickly.

Slight bruising and or soreness at the injection site can occur. There are no known toxic effects when administered at appropriate levels. Allergic reactions can occur with any intramuscular injections.

You’d struggle to describe an injection as a pleasant experience, but it certainly shouldn’t hurt. There may be a slight sting, as with the flu jab or a travel vaccine. If you follow the advice and keep your arm relaxed, dangling on the outside of your hip, this will make it far less likely to hurt. Relaxing your arm helps because the muscle fibres will also be relaxed and this makes it a much easier and comfortable injection.

Not really, but it’s always a good idea to have had your breakfast; it is after all the most important meal of the day for many good reasons. So long as your blood sugar is stable and you’re well hydrated you will be set to go.

The injection itself takes no more than a few moments, but the we will need to do a small amount of preparation beforehand. To save time it’s a good idea to wear a loose-fitting top, or clothing that gives plenty of access to the top of your arm. After the injection we will ask you to stay in the salon for up to 10 minutes. This is a precautionary measure after any injection treatments.

We limit the rate at which you can have a B12 injection to every 28 days. This is not because it is unsafe to have one more often than this, but that it is more in line with the normal dosing regimens for treating people with deficiencies. We advise having an injection as often as you feel you need one, whether this be on a monthly basis or twice a year or ask your doctor if you are not sure.

This will vary amongst people of different ages and circumstances. It may be a couple of days before you notice, or it could be sooner. Sometimes people don’t notice an immediate benefit, but rather realise a few weeks later that they are starting to feel as they were before the injection.

This will vary amongst people of different ages and circumstances. Ultimately the amount of benefit you experience and how long this last will determine how often you feel inclined to have a B12 injection.

It’s highly unlikely that something could go wrong as a result of a B12 injection. For your reassurance, we have a prescribing partner licensed in UK medicine. We only allow specially trained and experienced aesthetics to administer the injection to you.

Yes, we do suggest that you regularly take a reputable multivitamin whilst having your B12 injections. Vitamin B12 is one of several vitamins that has a pivotal role in the body, so it’s important that through diet and supplementation we help our bodies to become rich in all of these vitamins.

Consult your doctor for your requirements.

1000 mcg/1ml

Vitamin C (5 ML)
Nobody wants wrinkled and dried out skin. Enter Vitamin C. High dosages of Vitamin C have been found to lead to a lower likelihood of dry skin and wrinkles, and in general those with a high amount of Vitamin C have better, more youthful skin.

For treating vitamin C deficiency, the typical vitamin C injection dose is 200 mg once daily for up to a week. For wound healing, the typical vitamin C injection dose is 1 gram once daily for 5 to 21 days.

For off-label uses, a wide variety of vitamin C injection doses have been used. These typically range from 10 to 100 grams. Doses may be given daily or periodically at different intervals. Consult your doctor for your requirement.

500 mg/5 ml

• Regulating calcium metabolism.
• Regulating calcification of the bones.
• Regulating the body’s use of phosphorus (a mineral that is important for bone structure).
• Increasing the absorption of calcium from the gut.
• Decreased excretion from the kidneys.
• Assists with depositing minerals into the teeth.
• Maintains healthy blood levels of calcium and phosphorus.
• Helps maintain nervous system, heart function and normal blood clotting.

There are times, however, when we are not receiving enough Vitamin D naturally like in the winter or on a rainy day, this is when we will start to experience the lack of Vitamin D and need to find another source.

There are certain groups of people who are at a higher risk of vitamin D deficiency:

• The elderly (skin thins as we age, reducing its ability to make vitamin D)
• People with darker skin (dark skin needs more sunlight to make the same amount of vitamin D as paler skin)
• People with reduced skin exposure to sunlight (such as those who spend a lot of time indoors or those who cover a large proportion of their body)
• Pregnant or breastfeeding women
• People with certain diseases (such as Crohn’s disease, coeliac disease, kidney disease)
• People taking certain medications (such as carbamazepine, phenytoin, primidone)
• People on strict vegetarian or vegan diets

And sometimes, for unknown reasons, people without any risk factors are deficient in vitamin D! These can be evaluated along with any other Vitamin Deficiency by a GP.

• If you are allergic to ergocalciferol (vitamin D) or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6)
• If you have high levels of calcium in your blood
• If you already have high levels of vitamin D in your blood, or if you are especially sensitive to vitamin D
• If you have kidney problems
• If you have an accumulation of calcium salts in the body’s tissue.

If any of the above applies to you talk to your doctor or nurse.

Warnings and precautions
Talk to your doctor or nurse before being given vitamin D:

• If you have heart disease, problems with your kidneys or with your circulation
• If you have kidney stones
• If you have low levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH)
• If you already have high levels of vitamin D in your blood or if you are especially sensitive to vitamin D.

It is important that you are taking enough calcium in your diet so that your body can respond properly to your medicine.

While it is not possible to get too much vitamin D from sunlight, very high doses of vitamin D supplements can cause the calcium levels in the blood to be too high. This can cause symptoms of nausea and vomiting, headaches, thirst and passing a lot of urine. If you are taking vitamin D supplements and experience these symptoms, then we recommend you speak to your GP as soon as possible!

Not really, but it’s always a good idea to have had your breakfast; it is after all the most important meal of the day for many good reasons. So long as your blood sugar is stable and you’re well hydrated you will be set to go.

Definitely manageable, the pain is equivalent to a little pinch, takes a few seconds for the needle to go through and a couple more for the vitamins to go through.

Approximately 5 minutes in total.

Of course, extra vitamins are always the best option.
Although for Vitamin D injection we will only be able to administer it if deficient (recent blood test report will be requested).

300,000 IU

No, only your doctor can advice you how often you can have the injection.