HYDROXOCOBALAMIN ACETATE
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How to Take Hydroxocobalamin Acetate
- Your doctor will prescribe your exact dose and tell you how often it should be given. This medicine is given through a needle placed in one of your veins. It can also be given as a shot into one of your muscles.
- Injection routeA nurse or other health provider will give you this medicine.
- Your doctor will prescribe your exact dose and tell you how often it should be given. This medicine is given through a needle placed in one of your veins. It can also be given as a shot into one of your muscles.
- Injection routeA nurse or other health provider will give you this medicine.
Hydroxocobalamin Acetate Contraindications
- You should not use this medicine if you have had an allergic reaction to any kind of vitamin B or to benzyl alcohol (a preservative).
Hydroxocobalamin Acetate Warnings
- Make sure your doctor knows if you are pregnant or breast feeding.
- Chest pain, shortness of breath, or coughing up blood.
- Numbness or weakness in your arm or leg, or on one side of your body.
- Pain in your lower leg (calf).
- Pain, itching, burning, swelling, or a lump under your skin where the needle is placed.
- Swelling in your hands, ankles, or feet.
Hydroxocobalamin Acetate Interactions
- Make sure your doctor knows if you are pregnant or breast feeding.
Hydroxocobalamin Acetate Side Effects
Serious Side Effects
- Pain in your lower leg (calf).
- Pain, itching, burning, swelling, or a lump under your skin where the needle is placed.
- Allergic reaction: Itching or hives, swelling in your face or hands, swelling or tingling in your mouth or throat, chest tightness, trouble breathing
- Chest pain, shortness of breath, or coughing up blood.
- Numbness or weakness in your arm or leg, or on one side of your body.
- Swelling in your hands, ankles, or feet.
Less Serious Side Effects
- Pain where the shot was given.
- Rash.
- Diarrhea.