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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.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
General health 21 1
Fatigue 16 1
Other 5 0
Slow my MS progress 3 0
Sensation 2 0
Support another treatment 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
1 50%
None
1 50%

Most commonly reported side effects

if taken on empty stomach there will be some nausea
1 50%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Vitamin B12 Sublingual (cyanocobalamin). See all 22 dosages

  1000mcg as needed 1000mcg daily 1000mcg/mL as needed as needed daily 3 mL monthly 1 mg daily 1 tbs. daily 1.2 mg daily 2.5 mg daily 3 mg daily 500 mcg weekly 250 mcg daily 500 mcg daily 500 mg daily 1000 daily 1000 mcg daily 1000 mg daily 1500 mcg daily 2000 mcg daily 2000 mg daily 5000 mg daily
  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 1 Number of Patients: 1 8 Number of Patients: 8 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 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 6 Number of Patients: 6 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Vitamin B12 Sublingual (cyanocobalamin) (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense
3 43% Expense: 43%
Other
2 29% Other: 29%
Personal research
1 14% Personal research: 14%
Doctor's advice
1 14% Doctor's advice: 14%

See all 7 patients who’ve stopped taking Vitamin B12 Sublingual (cyanocobalamin)

Currently Taking Vitamin B12 Sublingual (cyanocobalamin)

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
0
7
9
6
9

Stopped Taking Vitamin B12 Sublingual (cyanocobalamin)

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 50%
Usually
1 50%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
2 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

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

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Report created on November 23, 2009.