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Ferritin and iron studies on GLP-1 — July 2024

mike.trainer_LA Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 6:17 AM 13 replies 1,336 viewsPage 2 of 3
Dr.PainCLE
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Oct 5, 2025 at 2:13 AM#6
Dr.SportsMedIN said:
Vitamin D levels and micronutrients: an often-overlooked connection.

Blood count monitoring for micronutrients: my doctor noticed my MCV (mean corpuscular volume) trending up at month 6: 90 → 97 fL. This flagged potential B12 or folate deficiency.

Sure enough, B12 had dropped from 620 to 340 pg/mL. Started B12 injections monthly and MCV normalized within 2 months. GLP-1 agonists can impair B12 absorption — this is a real clinical concern that deserves routine monitoring.

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BiostatsBrad
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Oct 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM#7

Adding the numbers, since they settle part of this. One practical note: write down what you did and when, before you need it. Reconstructing a timeline from memory three months later is how people end up unable to answer the one question that would have resolved it.

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Dr.BariatricHTX
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Oct 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM#8
Dr.PainCLE said:
Blood count monitoring for micronutrients: my doctor noticed my MCV (mean corpuscular volume) trending up at month 6: 90 → 97 fL.

There is a second half to this that has not been said yet. The version of this that has an answer is narrower than the version being asked. Narrow it and it becomes tractable; leave it broad and the thread will produce nine confident and incompatible replies.

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Oct 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM#9

A narrower follow-up, since the general answer is now clear:

Did your prescriber agree with that reading, and if not what was their objection?

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mike.trainer_LA
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Oct 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM#10

OP back with an update, since a thread like this is useless without one.

Late follow-up. I did not do what was suggested, I did something adjacent, and it worked; posting the difference in case it matters to somebody.

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