Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL Injection, Solution
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🆔 Identity & classification
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🏷️ RxNorm drug class
This medicine belongs to the Vitamin B12 class.
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🩺 Clinical
- Great question. The reason your doctor chose the injection is that your body can't absorb B12 properly through the digestive tract — whether that's because of pernicious anemia, a...
- Why do I need an injection instead of just taking a B12 pill?
- It depends on why you need B12 in the first place. If you have pernicious anemia, you'll typically start with more frequent injections — daily at first, then spacing out over sever...
- Most people do fine with these injections. You might notice mild, short-lived diarrhea, some itching, or a temporary skin rash. A general feeling of body swelling has also been rep...
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Benzyl alcohol is a clear liquid used as a preservative and solvent in medicines. It helps prevent bacterial and fungal growth and dissolves other ingredients to create uniform liquid formulations.
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Sodium chloride is common table salt. It's used in medicines as a buffer to maintain proper pH, as a filler to add bulk, or to adjust the osmotic balance in liquid formulations.
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Water is a liquid solvent that dissolves and mixes ingredients together in liquid medicines, syrups, and injections. It helps distribute the active drug evenly throughout the product.
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💲 Pricing
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| Price system | Per mL | Per package |
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| Retail pharmacies payNADAC · weekly | $0.549 | $82.32 / 150 ml |
| Medicaid paysCMS SDUD · 12 mo | $11.73 | $1,759.91 / 150 ml |
| Medicare drug plans payPart D · quarterly | No Part D plan price is available for this NDC in our data. | |
| Medicare Part B allowsASP · J3420 | $0.683 / J3420 unit | — |
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🔁 Therapeutic equivalents
| Product | Labeler | Pack | NADAC/unit | TE | Status | Price vs. this |
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| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 00143-9619-10 | Hikma | 10 vials | $0.328 | AP | Availability likely | save 40% |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mLthis 69680-0121-05 | Vitruvias | 5 vials | $0.549 | AP | Availability likely | — |
| cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 70710-1665-01 | Zydus | 1 vial | $0.761 | AP | Availability likely | +39% |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 00143-9620-10 | Hikma | 10 vials | $0.777 | AP | Availability likely | +42% |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 69680-0113-99 | Vitruvias | 10 vials | $0.777 | AP | Availability likely | +42% |
| cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 70069-0172-10 | Somerset | 10 vials | $0.777 | AP | Availability likely | +42% |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 71288-0301-11 | Meitheal | 10 vials | $0.777 | AP | Availability likely | +42% |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 00517-0130-01 | American | 1 vial | $0.794 | AP | Availability likely | +45% |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 71288-0302-30 | Meitheal | 1 vial | $0.794 | AP | Availability likely | +45% |
| cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 70710-1664-06 | Zydus | 10 vials | $0.819 | AP | Availability likely | +49% |
| cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 70710-1663-07 | Zydus | 25 vials | $1.491 | AP | Availability likely | +172% |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 00143-9621-25 | Hikma | 25 vials | $1.494 | AP | Availability likely | +172% |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 00517-0031-25 | American | 25 vials | $1.494 | AP | Availability likely | +172% |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 25021-0502-01 | Sagent | 25 vials | $1.494 | AP | Availability likely | +172% |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 63323-0044-01 | Fresenius | 25 vials | $1.494 | AP | Availability likely | +172% |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 68001-0542-60 | BluePoint | 25 vials | $1.494 | AP | Availability likely | +172% |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 68001-0640-60 | BluePoint | 25 vials | $1.494 | AP | Availability likely | +172% |
| cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 70069-0005-10 | Somerset | 25 vials | $1.494 | AP | Availability likely | +172% |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 70512-0840-25 | SOLA | 25 vials | $1.494 | AP | Availability likely | +172% |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 71288-0300-92 | Meitheal | 25 vials | $1.494 | AP | Availability likely | +172% |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 71288-0303-02 | Meitheal | 25 vials | $1.494 | AP | Availability likely | +172% |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 72603-0650-25 | NorthStar | 25 vials | $1.494 | AP | Availability likely | +172% |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 00517-0032-25 | American | 25 vials | $2.134 | AP | Availability likely | +289% |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 69680-0112-10 | Vitruvias | 10 vials | $2.909 | AP | Availability likely | +430% |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 00404-9783-30 | Henry | 1 vial | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 00404-9786-10 | Henry | 1 vial | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 50090-6229-00 | A-S | 25 vials | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 51662-1394-01 | HF | 30 ml | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 51662-1440-01 | HF | 10 ml | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 51662-1647-03 | HF | 25 pouches | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 51662-1703-03 | HF | 10 pouches | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 55150-0364-01 | AuroMedics | 1 vial | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 68083-0449-25 | Gland | 25 vials | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 68083-0561-25 | Gland | 25 vials | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 68083-0562-01 | Gland | 1 vial | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 70069-0171-05 | Somerset | 5 vials | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 70756-0635-10 | Lifestar | 10 vials | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 70756-0636-10 | Lifestar | 10 vials | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 70756-0637-05 | Lifestar | 5 vials | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 70771-1688-07 | Zydus | 25 vials | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 70771-1689-06 | Zydus | 10 vials | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 70771-1690-01 | Zydus | 1 vial | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 76420-0075-25 | Asclemed | 25 vials | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 76420-0111-25 | Asclemed | 25 vials | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 76420-0618-25 | Asclemed | 25 vials | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 85766-0029-25 | Sportpharm | 25 vials | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 87188-0111-90 | Plano | 25 vials | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 87188-0112-01 | Plano | 1 vial | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
| cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL 87188-0113-01 | Plano | 1 vial | — | AP | FDA listed | — |
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⏳ Availability & generic status
This product is an FDA-approved generic. Other versions of the same drug are listed under Therapeutic equivalents, least expensive first.
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🗺️ Medicaid utilization & spend
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📦 Packaging — all sizes for this product
| Package NDC | Description | Per unit | Per pack | Marketing start | Status |
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| 69680-0121-05 You're viewing this | 5 VIAL, MULTI-DOSE in 1 BOX (69680-121-05) / 30 mL in 1 VIAL, MULTI-DOSE | $0.5488 / mL | $82.31 | 2020-02-12 | Active |
| 69680-0121-10 | 10 VIAL, MULTI-DOSE in 1 BOX (69680-121-10) / 30 mL in 1 VIAL, MULTI-DOSE | $0.3281 / mL | $98.42 | 2021-09-15 | Active |
| 69680-0121-30 | 1 VIAL, MULTI-DOSE in 1 BOX (69680-121-30) / 30 mL in 1 VIAL, MULTI-DOSE | $0.7938 / mL | $23.81 | 2021-09-15 | Active |
Per mL, this pack runs about 67% above the cheapest pack (NDC 69680-0121-10, $0.3281 vs $0.5488 NADAC).
This pack accounts for about 19% of this product's recent Medicaid fills; most go to a different pack size. See all packs ↓
Pack size FAQ
What quantity is in NDC 69680-0121-05?
What NDC number is used to bill for this package of Cyanocobalamin 1000 ug/mL Injection, Solution?
Prices are the latest CMS NADAC pharmacy acquisition cost per NDC; per-pack figures are per-unit × pack quantity, shown only when the pack is denominated in the same measure NADAC prices.
📄 Full prescribing information FDA SPL
🎯 Indications and Usage ▾
INDICATIONS AND USAGE Cyanocobalamin is indicated for vitamin B12 deficiencies due to malabsorption which may be associated with the following conditions: Addisonian (pernicious) anemia Gastrointestinal pathology, dysfunction, or surgery, including gluten enteropathy or sprue, small bowel bacteria overgrowth, total or partial gastrectomy Fish tapeworm infestation Malignancy of pancreas or bowel Folic acid deficiency It may be possible to treat the underlying disease by surgical correction of anatomic lesions leading to small bowel bacterial overgrowth, expulsion of fish tapeworm, discontinuation of drugs leading to vitamin malabsorption (see Drug Interactions ), use of a gluten-free diet in nontropical sprue, or administration of antibiotics in tropical sprue.
Such measures remove the need for long-term administration of cyanocobalamin. Requirements of vitamin B12 in excess of normal (due to pregnancy, thyrotoxicosis, hemolytic anemia, hemorrhage, malignancy, hepatic and renal disease) can usually be met with oral supplementation. Cyanocobalamin Injection, USP is also suitable for the vitamin B12 absorption test (Schilling test).
⏱️ Dosage and Administration ▾
DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION Avoid using the intravenous route. Use of this product intravenously will result in almost all of the vitamin being lost in the urine. Pernicious Anemia Parenteral vitamin B12 is the recommended treatment and will be required for the remainder of the patient's life.
The oral form is not dependable. A dose of 100 mcg daily for 6 or 7 days should be administered by intramuscular or deep subcutaneous injection. If there is clinical improvement and if a reticulocyte response is observed, the same amount may be given on alternate days for seven doses, then every 3 to 4 days for another 2 to 3 weeks.
By this time hematologic values should have become normal. This regimen should be followed by 100 mcg monthly for life. Folic acid should be administered concomitantly if needed.
Patients with Normal Intestinal Absorption Where the oral route is not deemed adequate, initial treatment similar to that for patients with pernicious anemia may be indicated depending on the severity of the deficiency. Chronic treatment should be with an oral B12 preparation. If other vitamin deficiencies are present, they should be treated.
Schilling Test The flushing dose is 1000 mcg. Parenteral drug products should be inspected visually for particulate matter and discoloration prior to administration, whenever solution and container permit.
⛔ Contraindications ▾
CONTRAINDICATIONS Sensitivity to cobalt and/or vitamin B12 is a contraindication.
⚠️ Warnings ▾
WARNINGS Patients with early Leber's disease (hereditary optic nerve atrophy) who were treated with cyanocobalamin suffered severe and swift optic atrophy. Hypokalemia and sudden death may occur in severe megaloblastic anemia which is treated intensely. Anaphylactic shock and death have been reported after parenteral vitamin B12 administration.
An intradermal test dose is recommended before Cyanocobalamin Injection, USP is administered to patients suspected of being sensitive to this drug. This product contains Benzyl Alcohol. Benzyl Alcohol has been reported to be associated with a fatal "Gasping Syndrome" in premature infants.
This product contains aluminum that may be toxic. Aluminum may reach toxic levels with prolonged parenteral administration if kidney function is impaired. Premature neonates are particularly at risk because their kidneys are immature, and they require large amounts of calcium and phosphate solutions, which contain aluminum.
Research indicates that patients with impaired kidney function, including premature neonates, who receive parenteral levels of aluminum at greater than 4 to 5 mcg/kg/day accumulate aluminum at levels associated with central nervous system and bone toxicity. Tissue loading may occur at even lower rates of administration.
🤒 Adverse Reactions ▾
ADVERSE REACTIONS Generalized: Anaphylactic shock and death have been reported with administration of parenteral vitamin B12 (see WARNINGS ). Cardiovascular: Pulmonary edema and congestive heart failure early in treatment; peripheral vascular thrombosis. Hematological: Polycythemia vera Gastrointestinal: Mild transient diarrhea Dermatological: Itching; transitory exanthema Miscellaneous: Feeling of swelling of entire body To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS, contact Vitruvias Therapeutics at 1-844-451-5944 or FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch.
🔄 Drug / Laboratory Test Interactions ▾
Drug/Laboratory Test Interactions Persons taking most antibiotics, methotrexate and pyrimethamine invalidate folic acid and vitamin B12 diagnostic blood assays. Colchicine, para-aminosalicylic acid and heavy alcohol intake for longer than 2 weeks may produce malabsorption of vitamin B12.
🤰 Pregnancy ▾
Pregnancy Teratogenic Effects Pregnancy Category C Adequate and well-controlled studies have not been done in pregnant women. However, vitamin B12 is an essential vitamin and requirements are increased during pregnancy. Amounts of vitamin B12 that are recommended by the Food and Nutrition Board, National Academy of Science-National Research Council for pregnant women (4 mcg daily) should be consumed during pregnancy.
🧒 Pediatric Use ▾
Pediatric Use Intake in children should be in the amount (0.5 to 3 mcg daily) recommended by the Food and Nutrition Board, National Academy of Science-National Research Council.
🆘 Overdosage ▾
OVERDOSAGE No overdosage has been reported with this drug.
🧬 Clinical Pharmacology ▾
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY Vitamin B12 is essential to growth, cell reproduction, hematopoiesis, and nucleoprotein and myelin synthesis. Cyanocobalamin is quantitatively and rapidly absorbed from intramuscular and subcutaneous sites of injection; the plasma level of the compound reaches its peak within 1 hour after intramuscular injection. Absorbed vitamin B12 is transported via specific B12 binding proteins, transcobalamin I and II to the various tissues.
The liver is the main organ for vitamin B12 storage. Within 48 hours after injection of 100 or 1000 mcg of vitamin B12, 50 to 98% of the injected dose may appear in the urine. The major portion is excreted within the first eight hours.
Intravenous administration results in even more rapid excretion with little opportunity for liver storage. Gastrointestinal absorption of vitamin B12 depends on the presence of sufficient intrinsic factor and calcium ions. Intrinsic factor deficiency causes pernicious anemia, which may be associated with subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord.
Prompt parenteral administration of vitamin B12 prevents progression of neurologic damage. The average diet supplies about 5 to 15 mcg/day of vitamin B12 in a protein-bound form that is available for absorption after normal digestion. Vitamin B12 is not present in foods of plant origin, but is abundant in foods of animal origin.
In people with normal absorption, deficiencies have been reported only in strict vegetarians who consume no products of animal origin (including no milk products or eggs). Vitamin B12 is bound to intrinsic factor during transit through the stomach; separation occurs in the terminal ileum in the presence of calcium, and vitamin B12 enters the mucosal cell for absorption. It is then transported by the transcobalamin binding proteins.
A small amount (approximately 1% of the total amount ingested) is absorbed by simple diffusion, but this mechanism is adequate only with very large doses. Oral absorption is considered too undependable to rely on in patients with pernicious anemia or other conditions resulting in malabsorption of vitamin B12. Cyanocobalamin is the most widely used form of vitamin B12, and has hematopoietic activity apparently identical to that of the antianemia factor in purified liver extract.
Hydroxycobalamin is equally as effective as cyanocobalamin, and they share the cobalamin molecular structure.
📦 How Supplied / Storage and Handling ▾
HOW SUPPLIED Cyanocobalamin Injection, USP 1000 mcg/mL NDC 69680-112-10 1 mL Vial Boxes of 10 NDC 69680-112-25 1 mL Vial Boxes of 25 NDC 69680-113-99 10 mL Multiple Dose Vial Boxes of 10 NDC 69680-121-30 30 mL Multiple Dose Vial Boxes of 1 NDC 69680-121-05 30 mL Multiple Dose Vial Boxes of 5 NDC 69680-121-10 30 mL Multiple Dose Vial Boxes of 10 Store at 20° to 25°C (68° to 77°F) [see USP Controlled Room Temperature]. PROTECT FROM LIGHT Use only if solution is clear and seal intact.
📦 Storage and Handling ▾
Store at 20° to 25°C (68° to 77°F) [see USP Controlled Room Temperature]. PROTECT FROM LIGHT Use only if solution is clear and seal intact.
📋 Description ▾
DESCRIPTION Cyanocobalamin Injection, USP is a sterile solution of cyanocobalamin for intramuscular or subcutaneous injection. Each mL contains 1000 mcg cyanocobalamin. Each vial also contains Sodium Chloride, 0.9%.
Benzyl Alcohol, 1.5%, is present as a preservative and Water for Injection q.s. Hydrochloric acid and/or sodium hydroxide may have been added during manufacture to adjust the pH (range 4.5-7.0). Cyanocobalamin appears as dark red crystals or as an amorphous or crystalline red powder.
It is very hygroscopic in the anhydrous form, and sparingly soluble in water (1:80). It is stable to autoclaving for short periods at 121°C. The vitamin B12 coenzymes are very unstable in light.
The chemical name is 5,6-dimethyl-benzimidazolyl cyanocobamide; the molecular formula is C 63 H 88 CoN 14 O 14 P. The cobalt content is 4.34%. The molecular weight is 1355.39.
The structural formula is represented below. Chemical Structure
💬 Information for Patients ▾
Information for Patients Patients with pernicious anemia should be informed that they will require monthly injections of vitamin B12 for the remainder of their lives. Failure to do so will result in return of the anemia and in development of incapacitating and irreversible damage to the nerves of the spinal cord. Also, patients should be warned about the danger of taking folic acid in place of vitamin B12, because the former may prevent anemia but allow progression of subacute combined degeneration.
A vegetarian diet which contains no animal products (including milk products or eggs) does not supply any vitamin B12. Patients following such a diet, should be advised to take oral vitamin B12 regularly. The need for vitamin B12 is increased by pregnancy and lactation.
Deficiency has been recognized in infants of vegetarian mothers who were breast fed, even though the mothers had no symptoms of deficiency at the time.