Cyanocobalamin

by PDH Labs

Active ingredient: Vitamin B12

Packs

• Inj · 1000 mcg/mL · 100 Amp (1 mL)

About Vitamin B12

Vitamin B12 Plain

Uses

Megaloblastic anaemia. Dietary deficiency which are attributable to malabsorption. Treatment of megaloblastosis caused by prolonged nitrous oxide anaesthesia, which inactivates the vitamin and in the rare syndrome of congenital transcobalamin II deficiency. Vitamin B12 should be given prophylactically after total gastrectomy or total ileal resection (or after partial gastrectomy if a vitamin B12 absorption test shows vitamin B12 malabsorption).

How to take it

INJECTION: Adults: By IM, initially 1000 mcg repeated 10 times at intervals of 2-3 days, maintenance 1000 mcg every mth. ORAL: Vitamin B12 deficiency of dietary origin: Adults: 50-150 mcg daily taken between meals. Children: 50-105 mcg daily in 1-3 divided doses. IM or deep SC are preferred routes of administration.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

Pregnancy: Risk cannot be ruled out. Lactation: Caution advised or effect undetermined.

Advice

Use as directed. Contact prescriber if there is skin rash; swelling, pain, redness in extremities or acute persistent diarrhoea.

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