Vitamin B12
Measures your B12 level — essential for nerve function, DNA synthesis, and energy. One quick draw, results usually in 1–2 business days.
Vitamin B12 keeps your nerves healthy, helps make DNA, and is needed to form red blood cells. Deficiency is common — especially with plant-based diets, older age, or certain medications — and can cause fatigue, tingling, and a specific type of anemia. This test measures your B12 level.
Included Tests
What This Panel Measures
Who Should Get This Panel
- You follow a vegetarian or vegan diet
- You have fatigue, tingling, or numbness
- You're over 50 or take acid reducers or metformin
- You have a gut condition affecting absorption
- You want to confirm your supplement is working
Conditions Screened
Related Symptoms
When to Get Tested
Any time; no fasting is required. Consider testing if you have risk factors or symptoms, and again after starting supplementation to confirm your level has improved.
Understanding Your Results
Results post to your secure online account usually in 1–2 business days, with your value and the normal range. Borderline-low B12 can still cause symptoms, so results are best interpreted alongside how you feel and, when needed, folate and a CBC. Retest after supplementing to confirm improvement.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to fast?
Should I stop my B12 supplement before testing?
Is this billed to insurance?
Pairs Well With — Same Blood Draw
Test centers don’t accept payment — you pay securely here; the lab just does the draw.
What happens after you order?
- 1Your lab order form & test code appear in your secure online account — with your test center’s address.
- 2We send your lab requisition to the test center electronically.
- 3Walk in & get tested — tests usually take 5 minutes or less.