B12 injections at home in Madrid
Same treatment, new country.
A registered nurse gives your B12 injection at home, on the rhythm your doctor prescribed — and keeps track of every next date. In English, anywhere in Madrid.
What moving shouldn’t cost you
A course of B12 lives or dies by its dates
Finding a new doctor, a new pharmacy and a new system, in a new language — that’s the real weight of continuing a treatment abroad. We carry that part.
- 01
Your rhythm survives the move
A B12 course only works if it keeps its dates, and a change of country is exactly where dates get lost. We take your prescribed schedule — whatever rhythm your doctor set — and keep it running from your first week in Madrid.
- 02
In English, from the first message
The prescription, the pharmacy, the leaflet — in Spain they all speak Spanish. Your nurse doesn’t make you translate any of it: you ask in English and you know exactly where your treatment stands.
- 03
The next date is our job, not yours
The same registered nurse comes each time, brings everything except the medication, and writes to you when the next injection is due. Twelve weeks is a long time to remember alone.
If that’s what your prescription says, that’s what we follow. Four ways people arrive at this page
Wherever your treatment stands, it can stand here
Most people who write to us are in one of these four places. Find yours and you know what your first message should say.
- 01
You’ve been on B12 for years and the move broke the routine
Bring the prescription you already have — from Spain or from home. We administer it at your place, at your hour, and your course carries on as if the move never happened.
Just moved - 02
Your form of B12 has a different name here
In the UK the standard is hydroxocobalamin, usually every 12 weeks; in Spain it’s cyanocobalamin (Optovite), usually monthly. They are not interchangeable rhythms — whoever prescribes for you decides which you’re on, and we carry out exactly that.
Different country, different vial - 03
You suspect a deficiency but nothing is confirmed
The first step isn’t an injection, it’s a blood test — and that part we can arrange end to end at your home, results included, no Spanish prescription needed. With numbers in hand, your doctor decides what comes next.
Not sure yet - 04
Your mother in Madrid has her monthly Optovite, and you live abroad
The classic monthly appointment of so many older people here. The same nurse visits her each month, and you hear how it went after every visit — from wherever you are.
For a parent
Every injection follows a prescription — yours or your doctor’s here — and the dose is always their call, never ours. And if what you need is heparin, hormones or any other prescribed injection, our injections at home page covers the rest of the family.
We speak English
Care in English, from your first message to the visit
Being unwell far from home is hard enough without translating it. With duocare, nothing gets lost along the way.
- English
- Français
- Italiano
- Español
- Català
Searching in English but more at ease in another language? Just say so in your first message — the visit happens in whichever of the five suits you best.
- The message
Write to us in English
Explain what's happening in your own words on WhatsApp, and book your visit without a single form in Spanish.
- The visit
Your visit, in English
Your nurse explains the treatment, answers your questions and leaves you clear instructions — all in English.
- The follow-up
Follow-up in English
After every visit we check in with you, so you always know how your recovery is going and what comes next.
Free consultation, no obligation — a nurse replies in English.
What families say
4.9 out of 5 stars on Google
More than 1,000 home visits across the Community of Madrid — many of them, injections that simply kept their dates. Reviews translated from the Spanish originals.
Guarantees
We come through your door, credentials first
Opening your home to someone takes trust, and trust is earned with real guarantees, not promises.
- 01
Registered nurses
The whole team is registered with the Madrid College of Nursing (CODEM) and verified.
- 02
Authorised healthcare provider
Licensed by the Community of Madrid to provide healthcare at home.
- 03
Professional liability insurance
Every visit is covered by professional liability insurance.
- 04
Certified medical supplies
Single-use, brought by us and included in the visit — there's nothing for you to buy.
- 05
Clinical waste management
Whatever comes into your home leaves with us, handled according to regulations.
Frequently asked questions
What people ask before the first injection
Straight answers, and a nurse on the other side of WhatsApp for everything else — in English.
I had my B12 every 12 weeks on the NHS. Can I keep that rhythm in Madrid?
Yes — the rhythm belongs to your prescription, not to the country. Bring what your GP prescribed and we follow it to the letter, same interval, at your home. If your new doctor here ever changes the form or the frequency, we follow the new instruction; what we never do is decide it ourselves.
Do I need a Spanish prescription?
Injectable B12 is a prescription medicine in Spain, so there has to be a prescription behind every injection — yours can be from a Spanish doctor or from your doctor at home. If you don’t have one and don’t know where you stand, start with the blood test: that we can arrange completely, and it gives whoever treats you the numbers to prescribe on.
Who supplies the medication?
You collect it at any pharmacy with your prescription — in Spain it’s usually Optovite, and the pharmacist will keep you right on storage. Your nurse brings everything else: needles, syringes and the sharps disposal, so there’s nothing clinical left in your house afterwards.
Will you remember the next one for me?
Yes, and it matters more than it sounds: a 12-week interval is precisely long enough to forget. We keep your calendar, write to you when the date comes close, and the same nurse comes back — she knows your course, your site rotation and how the last one went.
Can you come to a hotel or a short-term rental?
Wherever you’re staying in the Community of Madrid — home, rental, hotel or a relative’s flat. If you’re only passing through Madrid and your date falls here, bring your prescription and medication and we’ll keep your course on schedule.
Can you check my B12 levels too?
Yes. We draw the sample at your home and you get the lab results digitally — and if you don’t have a Spanish prescription for the test, we arrange that side of it for you. It’s the natural first step if you suspect a deficiency, and the natural check-up if you’ve been on injections for years.
Do you speak English?
Yes, and also French and Italian. The whole thing — first WhatsApp, the visits, the reminders — happens in your language.
Your next date is coming
Don’t let the move break the course
Tell us what you’re on, what your rhythm is and where you’re staying. We’ll confirm we can hold it, and from then on the calendar is on us.
A nurse answers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week — in English.
- Free consultation
- Reply within minutes
- Registered nurses