Vitamin B12 identified As An Effective Canker Sore Therapy

[Celebration]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210092732.htm

A team of physicians at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has discovered that a nightly dose of vitamin B12 is a simple, effective and low risk therapy to prevent Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis (RAS), better known as "canker sores."

According to lead researcher Dr. Ilia Volkov, "the frequency of RAS is as much as 25 percent in the general population, however, until now, there has been no optimal therapeutic approach."

Dr.Volkov is a primary care physician in the Clalit Health Services and lecturer in Ben-Gurion University's Department of Family Medicine in its Faculty of Health Sciences.

The researchers tested the effect of vitamin B12 on 58 randomly selected RAS patients who received either a dose of 1,000 mcg of B12 by mouth at bedtime or a placebo, and were tested monthly for six months. Approximately three quarters (74 percent) of the patients of the treated group and only a third (32 percent) of the control group achieved remission at the end of the study.

[pleah]

1. Ah, the dreaded mouth sores.

Thanks for posting this. I sent it to people I know that have a major problem with this condition.

[madrchsod]

2. i was plagued with canker sores till i was about 25

i have`t had any canker sores since...i have no idea why but i wish the b-12 was a treatment when i was young.

[Celebration]

3. I had one bout of them

Decades ago. I was told to take B vitamins. There just weren't studies on it, but the doctor told me to take a multivitamin with B vitamins in it, and they went away.

[Why Syzygy]

5. B vitamins are also indicated for cracks in the corners of the mouth

I tend to get those when my B consumption drops off.
B's nourish the entire alimentary canal, which begins at the mouth and ends at the GWB. :rofl:

They are water soluble, and do not build up in the body to toxic levels.
Alcoholic beverages and cigarettes deplete them.

[trotsky]

4. Vegans take note.

Meat and dairy consumers generally don't have a problem obtaining adequate B12 in the diet.