Yes, after reading about Vitamin B in 2007 I asked our doctor to give Dotty a monthly B12 shot. He agreed. Did it help? I believe it did. One thing for certain, it saved us over $8,000.
By Bob DeMarco
+Alzheimer's Reading Room
A couple of days ago a story with this headline appeared in The Telegraph - Vitamin B could stave off Alzheimers. It appears this has triggered off the usual media copy cat frenzy, the latest story in a long list of copy cat stories coming from MSN.
The bottom line here is simple and straightforward - it appears Vitamin B may protect against brain shrinkage. We actually wrote about this and the now hot Oxford University study in 2008 - Vitamin B12 May Protect Against Brain Shrinkage in Baby Boomers. Old news huh?
We have a boatload of stories here on the Alzheimer's Reading Room referring to vitamin B, B12, and even Nicotinamide. You can enter any of those keywords into the search box over on the right hand side of the page and find tons of intellectual capital in our Alzheimer's Reading Room Knowledge Base.
Now I want to get to my main point.
Yes, after reading about Vitamin B in 2007 I asked our doctor to give Dotty a monthly B12 shot. He agreed.
Did it help? I believe it did.
One thing for certain, it saved us over $8,000. Read the end of this article to find out how.


