Drug Safety Information for CYANOCOBALAMIN (Cyanocobalamin)

Adverse Drug Reactions for CYANOCOBALAMIN* (Cyanocobalamin)

These charts and graphs are based on reports received through the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) program (see below).

Top 20 Adverse Effects Associated with CYANOCOBALAMIN
(reported in FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

  Side Effect # of FDA Reports
1Nausea484
2Fatigue412
3Dyspnoea381
4Dizziness343
5Diarrhoea340
6Pain327
7Asthenia326
8Fall312
9Headache300
10Anaemia295
11Vomiting287
12Drug ineffective268
13Pneumonia247
14Pyrexia247
15Arthralgia225
16Anxiety224
17Hypertension219
18Pain in extremity208
19Oedema peripheral207
20Decreased appetite200

* This side effect also appears in "Top 10 Side Effects of CYANOCOBALAMIN " in the drug's Review Summary based on AskaPatient reviews.

Top 10 Reasons for Taking CYANOCOBALAMIN
(associated with FDA Medwatch/FAERS Reports)

Reason # of FDA Reports
1Product used for unknown indication3798
2Neuropathy peripheral551
3Vitamin supplementation470
4Vitamin b12 deficiency457
5Anaemia*377
6Pernicious anaemia275
7Supplementation therapy249
8Herpes zoster196
9Routine health maintenance182
10Hypoaesthesia158

*Also a top-10 reason in AskaPatient Review Summary.


Types of Adverse Events for CYANOCOBALAMIN

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 39827


Number of FDA Adverse Event Reports by Patient Age for CYANOCOBALAMIN

Total Reports Filed with FDA: 39827*


* Reports for drugs with the same active ingredients have been aggregated in this analysis: Cyanocobalamin (Rubivite, Hemocyte-f elixir, Cytamen, Fetrin, Cobavite, Vi-twel, Betalin 12, Ruvite, Berubigen, Foltx, Vibisone, Cobalamin, Cytacon, Multigen plus, Redisol, Folbee, Multigen, Ferrex 150 forte, Cobal, Anemagen, Cyanoject, Folamin, Folbalin, Nufol, Calomist, Foltabs, Cerefolin, Rubramin pc, Nascobal, Cyanocobalamin)

Charts are based on 39827 reports filed with the FDA between 2004 and June 2015.

Adverse Event Reports are submitted to the FDA by pharmaceutical companies (mandatory reporting is required by manufacturers, distributors, or importers), health care providers such as doctors (voluntary reporting), and by patients themselves (voluntary reporting). More Information on FDA MedWatch (FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program)Voluntary reporting takes place under the FDA's MedWatch program, where health care professionals and consumers submit reports to FDA when they find a problem with a drug, medical device, biologic, or other FDA-regulated product. An adverse event is any undesirable experience or extreme side effect associated with the use of a medical product. Adverse events include: death, life threatening event, hospitalization, disability or permanent damage, congenital anomaly or birth defect, medical product use requiring a surgical or other intervention, or other serious medical situation believed to be caused by the drug.

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Historical Analytics of FDA Adverse Event Reports Provided by Druginformer.com. FDA Drug Safety Information, including safety-related labeling updates, required post-approval safety studies, risk evaluation management strategies (REMS), alerts, and recalls are compiled by AskaPatient.com from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.