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What is Vitamin B12 Prescription (cyanocobalamin)?

Vitamin B12 is used to treat pernicious anemia and deficiencies of the vitamin due to certain diseases. High-dose tablets may be as effective as supplementing Vitamin B12 with injections. Such prescription-strength supplementation should be discussed with and supervised by a physician.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Vitamin B12 deficiency 23 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Fatigue 11 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Loss of energy 5 1 Efficacy_moderate
Fibromyalgia 3 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 3 0
Anemia 3 1 Efficacy_slight

See all 43 patients currently taking Vitamin B12 Prescription (cyanocobalamin)

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 11

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Vitamin B12 Prescription (cyanocobalamin). See all 17 dosages ►

  1 mg monthly 1 mg every other week 1 mg weekly 2 mg weekly 1 mg m,w,f 1 mg daily 2 mg daily 2.5 mg daily 100 mcg monthly 1,000 mcg daily
  13 Number of Patients: 13 4 Number of Patients: 4 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin B12 Prescription (cyanocobalamin) (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 4   Other: 40%
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 30%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 20%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 10%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 10%
Expense 1   Expense: 10%
Doctor's advice 1   Doctor's advice: 10%

See all 10 patients who’ve stopped taking Vitamin B12 Prescription (cyanocobalamin)

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

Currently Taking Vitamin B12 Prescription (cyanocobalamin)

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Stopped Taking Vitamin B12 Prescription (cyanocobalamin)

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Vitamin B12 Prescription (cyanocobalamin)

Always
 5 45%
Usually
 5 45%
Sometimes
 1 9%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Vitamin B12 Prescription (cyanocobalamin)

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 3 27%
A little
 2 18%
Not at all
 6 55%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Vitamin B12 Prescription (cyanocobalamin)

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 13%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 7 88%

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Report created on February 12, 2012.