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What is Vitamin B12 (hydroxocobalamin) Injection?

Hydroxocobalamin is a man-made injectable form of vitamin B12 that is used to treat low levels (deficiency) of this vitamin. Vitamin B12 helps the body use fat and carbohydrates for energy and make new protein. It is not a form normally found in the human body.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Fatigue 10 2 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
General health 5 1 Efficacy_moderate
Cognitive impairment 4 2 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 3 3 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Pernicious anemia 2 1 Efficacy_major
Pernicious anemia 2 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 31 patients currently taking Vitamin B12 (hydroxocobalamin) Injection

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 1
None
 9

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Vitamin B12 (hydroxocobalamin) Injection

Acne breakout 1

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Vitamin B12 (hydroxocobalamin) Injection. See all 25 dosages ►

  1 mg monthly 1 mg daily 1,000 mg monthly 1,000 mcg every other week 500 mg 400 intl units daily 500 mcg daily 500 mg daily 1,000 mcg daily 1,000 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 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 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin B12 (hydroxocobalamin) Injection (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 50%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 33%
Other 1   Other: 17%
Course of treatment ended 1   Course of treatment ended: 17%

See all 6 patients who’ve stopped taking Vitamin B12 (hydroxocobalamin) Injection

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

Currently Taking Vitamin B12 (hydroxocobalamin) Injection

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Stopped Taking Vitamin B12 (hydroxocobalamin) Injection

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Vitamin B12 (hydroxocobalamin) Injection

Always
 9 90%
Usually
 1 10%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Vitamin B12 (hydroxocobalamin) Injection

Very
 1 10%
Somewhat
 2 20%
A little
 2 20%
Not at all
 5 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Vitamin B12 (hydroxocobalamin) Injection

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 3 60%
< $25
 2 40%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.