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What is Vitamin B12 Sublingual (cyanocobalamin)?

Vitamin B12 is also known as cyanocobalamin. Vitamin B12 is important for growth, cell reproduction, blood formation, and protein and tissue synthesis. It is used to treat vitamin B12 deficiency in people with pernicious anemia and other conditions.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Fatigue 58 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 48 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Vitamin B12 deficiency 29 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 7 0
Other 7 1 Efficacy_major
Increase effect of another treatment 6 0

See all 198 patients currently taking Vitamin B12 Sublingual (cyanocobalamin)

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 1
Mild
 3
None
 30

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Vitamin B12 Sublingual (cyanocobalamin)

Nausea if taken on empty stomach 1
Burning at time of dosage 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Vitamin B12 Sublingual (cyanocobalamin). See all 55 dosages ►

  1 other daily 1 mg daily 2.5 mg daily 5 mg daily 100 mcg daily 250 mcg daily 500 mcg daily 1,000 mcg daily 1,000 mg daily 2,000 mcg daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 30 Number of Patients: 30 31 Number of Patients: 31 12 Number of Patients: 12 5 Number of Patients: 5 6 Number of Patients: 6 12 Number of Patients: 12 19 Number of Patients: 19 8 Number of Patients: 8 6 Number of Patients: 6  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin B12 Sublingual (cyanocobalamin) (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 11   Other: 35%
Did not seem to work 6   Did not seem to work: 19%
Doctor's advice 5   Doctor's advice: 16%
Expense 3   Expense: 10%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 10%
Side effects too severe 2   Side effects too severe: 6%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 3%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 3%

See all 31 patients who’ve stopped taking Vitamin B12 Sublingual (cyanocobalamin)

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Vitamin B12 Sublingual (cyanocobalamin)

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

Stopped Taking Vitamin B12 Sublingual (cyanocobalamin)

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Vitamin B12 Sublingual (cyanocobalamin)

Always
 25 71%
Usually
 6 17%
Sometimes
 2 6%
Never
 2 6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Vitamin B12 Sublingual (cyanocobalamin)

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 3%
A little
 2 6%
Not at all
 32 91%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Vitamin B12 Sublingual (cyanocobalamin)

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 5%
< $25
 21 95%

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Report created on May 25, 2012.