Last week, we released a new addition to our CRH Clinical Resource Series: Ensuring Safety Through Proper Medication Documentation and Tracking by Matthew Newton, National Lead CRNA
Key points about elevated B12: Water-soluble vitamin with significant hepatic storage capacity Elevated levels defined as exceeding laboratory upper reference limit Often discovered incidentally during routine blood tests May reflect underlying pathology rather than toxicity Persistent elevation should be confirmed with repeat testing It is important to note that high B12 levels are generally not considered toxic in the same way as fat-soluble vitamins
This means that EpCAM-specific antibodies are conjugated with cytotoxic agents, such as doxorubicin, paclitaxel, calicheamicin, topoisomerase I inhibitors, alpha amanitin, and indolinobenzodiazepine pseudodimers (IGNs), to specifically kill the EpCAM+ tumor cells
It is unknown whether OZEMPIC causes thyroid C-cell tumors, including medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), in humans as the human relevance of semaglutide-induced rodent thyroid C-cell tumors has not been determined (5.1, 13.1)