CVS Vitamin B12 Oral

In Depth

Generic Name: CYANOCOBALAMIN - ORAL
Pronounced: (SYE-an-oh-koe-BAL-a-min)

CVS Vitamin B12 Oral Interactions

Your doctor or pharmacist may already be aware of any possible drug interactions and may be monitoring you for them. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with your doctor or pharmacist first.

If you are currently using any of these medications listed above, tell your doctor or pharmacist before starting cyanocobalamin.

Before using this vitamin, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all prescription and nonprescription/herbal products you may use, especially of:

aminosalicylic acid
chloramphenicol
colchicine
extended-release potassium supplements
aminoglycoside antibiotics (e.g., neomycin)
anticonvulsants (e.g., phenytoin, phenobarbital, primidone)

Tell your doctor or pharmacist of other vitamins you may be taking that contain cyanocobalamin, vitamin B12, or hydroxocobalamin.

This vitamin may interfere with a certain laboratory test (intrinsic factor antibodies). Tell all your doctors and laboratory personnel that you are taking this vitamin.

Certain other drugs may interfere with laboratory tests for vitamin B12 levels, possibly causing false test results. Tell laboratory personnel and all your doctors if you take any of the following:

methotrexate
pyrimethamine
antibiotics (e.g., amoxicillin, erythromycin)

This document does not contain all possible interactions. Therefore, before using this product, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all the products you use. Keep a list of all your medications with you, and share the list with your doctor and pharmacist.