Select a community
All Communities
Home > Community Treatment Reports > Vitamin B12 (methylcobalamin) Treatment Report
What is Vitamin B12 (methylcobalamin)?

Methylcobalamin is an old form of B12 that easily crosses the Blood Brain Barrier. In low doses it is believed to strengthen the myelin sheath of nerve axons by sharing its methyl groups. Recently, it has been found to have anti-apoptotic properties but only at very high doses. Read more...Click to read more below

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
1 17%
None
5 83%

Most commonly reported side effects

verry hight in my blood test
1 17%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Vitamin B12 (methylcobalamin). See all 47 dosages ►

  daily weekly 1 mg monthly 2 mg weekly 0.5 mg daily 5 mg weekly 1 mg daily 1 other daily 1 tps. daily 1.2 mg daily 2 mg daily 2 mL daily 2 other daily 20 mg weekly 5 mg daily 9 mg daily 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 1000 mg monthly 40 daily 60 mg daily 100 mg daily 1000 mcg weekly 200 mg daily 250 mcg daily 250 mg daily 300 mg daily 5000 mcg every other week 400 mcg daily 500 mcg daily 500 mg daily 5000 mcg weekly 1000 intl units daily 1000 mcg daily 1000 mg daily 1200 mcg daily 1200 mg daily 1500 mg daily 2000 mcg daily 2000 mg daily 2500 mg daily 3000 mcg daily 5000 mcg daily 5000 mg daily 6000 mg daily 10000 mcg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 14 Number of Patients: 14 9 Number of Patients: 9 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin B12 (methylcobalamin) (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
6 35% Did not seem to work: 35%
Other
6 35% Other: 35%
Doctor's advice
3 18% Doctor's advice: 18%
Expense
2 12% Expense: 12%
Personal research
1 6% Personal research: 6%
Not indicated
1 6% Not indicated: 6%

See all 17 patients who’ve stopped taking Vitamin B12 (methylcobalamin)

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Vitamin B12 (methylcobalamin)

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
3
10
18
16
14

Stopped Taking Vitamin B12 (methylcobalamin)

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
5
3
3
4
1

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
5 83%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
1 17%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
1 17%
Not at all
5 83%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
1 17%
< $25
4 67%

Report created on November 22, 2009.