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Methylcobalamin

  • Dietary supplement
  • Varies by country
  • Identity checked
  • Sources last checked 2026-09-04

This page shows what was measured, who it was measured in, and what that does not settle.

What Methylcobalamin does in the body

RNAWiki has not recorded what this substance changes in the body.

From the FDA-approved label: It is well established that fluoridation of the water supply (1 ppm fluoride) during the period of tooth development leads to a significant decrease in the incidence of dental caries. Because the tablets are chewable, they provide a topical as well as systemic source of fluoride. Hydroxyapatite is the principal crystal for all calcified tissue in the human body. The fluoride ion reacts with the hydroxyapatite in the tooth as it is formed to produce the more caries-resistant crystal, fluorapatite.

What happened in people

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

A fixed RNAWiki sentence

Where this came from

Wording RNAWiki always uses, not a finding about this substance.

No reviewed claim names a result for any goal on this record.

No source is stored against this line.

The limit that matters most

Not recorded.

Where it acts
Not recorded.
Kind of result
No result is published, so no kind of result applies yet
Supervision
Not usually supervised: sold as a supplement or food ingredient where recorded. That is a legal category, not a safety judgement.

What the registries record it as

  • The substance registry classes this as chemical.

    FDA substance registry · BR1SN1JS2W · read 2026-08-29

  • The supplement label database classes it as vitamin, under the name Vitamin B12.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 202 · read 2026-08-29

Where each sentence above came from

The recorded explanation names an amount, so it does not open this page.

No recorded use is stored in reader language.

No statement of the main limit is recorded.

The four opening statements run to 108 words.

Words this page uses

Four words worth knowing first

Chosen from what this page shows, with each one explained before the word it depends on.

Stand-in result

A stand-in result is a number measured because the real result takes too long.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

It is like judging a journey by the speedometer rather than by arriving.

Where that stops being true. Speed does predict arrival. Many stand-in results do not predict the real one.

What people get wrong. A stand-in result is often reported as the result itself.

A surrogate endpoint substituted for a clinical endpoint, valid only where the substitution has been shown to hold.

Formulation

A formulation is the exact made-up form a substance comes in.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

It is like the difference between a whole bean and instant coffee.

Where that stops being true. Coffee tastes different. A formulation can change how much reaches the blood.

What people get wrong. Two products with the same name are assumed to behave the same. They often do not.

The specific composition and physical form of a product, including salt, excipients and release profile.

Receptor

A receptor is a part of a cell that a signal fits into.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A receptor is like a lock waiting for one key.

Where that stops being true. A lock either opens or does not. A receptor can be half-triggered, or worn out.

What people get wrong. Fitting a receptor is read as causing a benefit. It causes a step, and nothing more.

A protein that binds a specific ligand and converts that binding into a cellular response.

Pathway

A pathway is a chain of steps inside a cell, each one setting off the next.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A pathway is like a row of dominoes.

Where that stops being true. Dominoes fall one way. Pathways loop back and can switch themselves off.

What people get wrong. Changing one step is read as changing the outcome. Other steps often absorb it.

An ordered series of molecular interactions producing a defined cellular change.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What was measured, goal by goal

One row for each goal a registered study measured something for. One column for each kind of thing that could be measured.

Registered studies list 10 outcome measures that RNAWiki could read. A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. 0 of the matched studies tested this substance, and 0 posted a result.

There is no single score. A strong test result and a weak life result are different facts.

Goals down the side, kinds of measurement across the top. Each cell says what kind of thing was registered, not what was found.
GoalLife outcomeWhat a body can doHow a person feelsA test resultA step in the bodyHarmsHow longWho was studied
EnergyNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a performance measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a symptom measure for this goal.Only a number moved1 registered test measure.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
MuscleNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a performance measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a symptom measure for this goal.Only a number moved1 registered test measure.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
Which registered measures put each goal on this table
Energy
lean body mass measured by dual energy x ray absorptiometry
Muscle
lean body mass measured by dual energy x ray absorptiometry

Sorted by fixed word lists, version v1. A name the rules do not recognise stays unsorted rather than moving to the nearest column.

What each mark on this table means
Nothing in the sources checked
No registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.
Only a number moved
1 registered test measure.
Not recorded
Harms were not a registered measure for this goal.
Waiting for a reviewer
Who was studied is listed further down the page.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What happened in people

Each card is one study: the exact question it asked, who was in it, and whether it showed what it set out to show.

lung injury score

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT04353180
How many people
100000
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Infant Mortality Through 6 mo of Age

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00860470
How many people
44567
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
Living longer, or avoiding a major event
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Anemia status

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT03287882
How many people
25447
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Major Vascular Events (MVE)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00124072
How many people
12064
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Number of home fortification sachets consumed

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT02593136
How many people
11861
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Preterm Birth - number of live-births occurring earlier than 37 weeks gestation among all live-births (with known gestational age)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT03921177
How many people
9859
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • FDA label (openFDA SPL) · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
What we know
RNAWiki holds 6 written-up human studies for this substance, each with the question it asked.
How we know it
Each card names the study, the number of people and what the study set out to measure.
What this does not prove
These summaries were written by a person and have not been signed off as reviewed claims.
Why it matters
A study that failed is as informative as one that worked, and both are here.
What we still do not know
No reviewed claim exists, so no exact population, effect size or interval is published yet.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How close this is to real life

The top step is something a person would feel or care about. The bottom is a guess from software. Filled steps are where evidence exists for this substance.

  1. Living longer, or avoiding a major event No evidence recorded. Death, a heart attack, a stroke, a hospital stay.No registered study measures this.
  2. What a body can do day to day No evidence recorded. Walking, dressing, breathing, recovering.No registered study measures this.
  3. Measured performance No evidence recorded. How much was lifted, how far was run, how fast.No registered study measures this.
  4. Symptoms and quality of life Evidence recorded. Pain, tiredness, mood, sleep, as the person rated it.1 registered measure of this kind.
  5. A number that stands in for health Evidence recorded. Cholesterol, blood sugar, bone density. A stand-in, not the thing itself.6 registered measures of this kind.
  6. A step measured inside a person Evidence recorded. Something measured in human tissue or human cells.A human record sits on the stored organism ladder.
  7. Animals Evidence recorded. Mice, rats, dogs. Useful for ideas, not proof about people.Stored records in Mouse. A result in animals says what to test next. It does not say what happens in people.
  8. Cells in a dish Evidence recorded. Cells or chemistry on a bench, far from a whole body.Stored mechanism abstracts describe steps measured in cells or tissue.
  9. A guess from software No evidence recorded. Nobody measured it. RNAWiki never publishes one as a finding.RNAWiki stores no prediction for this record. Software can suggest a link. RNAWiki does not publish one as a finding.

Higher on these steps means closer to something a person would feel. It does not mean better done.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Felt, measured, or meaningful

Three different things that get called the same word. Registered studies measured all three, and mixing them is how a blood test becomes a health claim.

Felt

Things a person could notice without a test.

  • clinical global impression improvement

Measured

Things only a test, a scale or a device shows.

  • reduction of plasma total homocysteine of vegetarians
  • peak plasma concentration
  • area under the plasma concentration versus time curve 0 t
  • area under the plasma concentration versus time curve 0
  • systemic chronic inflammation measured by iage index
  • lean body mass measured by dual energy x ray absorptiometry

Meaningful

Things that change how a life goes, not only a number.

No registered study measured anything of this kind.

A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. A number moving is not the same as a life going better. The two are shown apart here.

Felt, but not shown to help. A person notices a change. No study showed it leads anywhere good.

Measured, but not felt. A number moves. The person notices nothing. Both can be true.

Measured, but not shown to matter. A number moves in the good direction. Nobody showed that lives went better.

Matters, but takes years. The result that counts may take longer than anyone would keep watching.

Names that fit none of the three (3)
  • glutathione redox status
  • incidence of pocd at discharge or 7 days after operation
  • cardiorespiratory fitness measured by maximal oxygen uptake

These are harms, study-process measures, or names the rules did not recognise. They are shown rather than dropped.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Were people like you studied?

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it, and where the result stops carrying.

Who was studied

People similar to this profile were included.

  • Supplementation of the diet with ten essential vitamins. Supplementation of the diet with fluoride for caries prophylaxis. Contraindications: This product is contraindicated in patients with a known hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients.

Who is missing from the studies

  • Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

Where the result stopped carrying

  • This is a scope explorer, not a diagnosis engine.
  • It shows who was studied so you can see whether people similar to you were included.

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Why it might seem to do nothing

A real effect and a noticed effect are different things. These are the recorded reasons the two come apart.

It was studied for a different goal

The studies measured something else entirely.

On this record: Some registered studies measured things that match no goal on this page.

It was studied in different people

The people in the studies were not much like the reader.

On this record: Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

A different form was studied

The studied form is not the form on the shelf.

On this record: This record is linked to 3 related forms. Evidence does not carry across all of them.

The evidence may simply be wrong

Small early studies often do not hold up.

On this record: RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Other reasons RNAWiki checked and found nothing for (9)
There was nothing to correct
Where a level is already normal, topping it up may change nothing. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else had to happen too
In the studies it was paired with training, a diet or another treatment. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The change is too small to feel
A real change can still sit below what a person notices. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Day-to-day swing hides it
Sleep, food, stress and time of day move most numbers more than this would. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Not enough time yet
The studies ran longer than the person has waited. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
It was not taken as studied
Missed days change the result, and studies count them. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else changed at the same time
Two changes at once cannot be told apart afterwards. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The product may not be what it says
Contents of a sold product are not always what the label states. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
No recorded reason
RNAWiki has nothing stored that would explain it. Nothing in this record points to this reason.

None of these is a reason to take more. Taking more is not a step this page ever suggests.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What taking it involves

The recorded facts about getting hold of it and using it. Nothing here is a suggestion about what you should do.

How it is supplied

Varies by country

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

Read from the recorded approval status.

No source is stored against this line.

Form and route

Oral

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form and route recorded on this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

Who oversees it

Not usually supervised: sold as a supplement or food ingredient where recorded. That is a legal category, not a safety judgement.

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

The identity record classes it as a supplement ingredient; no medicines register records an approval.

No source is stored against this line.

What is in the pack

Sold as liquid, capsule, tablet, tablet, chewable, given by the oral route.

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

Recorded notes on how this is sold and what that means for what is in the pack.

No source is stored against this line.

Where it is registered

Regulatory records are listed in the technical disclosure at the foot of this page.

Counted from records

Where this came from

A count of rows RNAWiki holds. It describes our records, not your body.

Register entries are stored per jurisdiction and shown with their dates.

No source is stored against this line.

Why people stop

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

No record of why people stopped taking it is stored for this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

What it would be like to takeNothing found in the sources checked

What can go wrong

Sorted by where each line came from. A regulator's label and a report somebody sent in are not the same kind of fact.

Nothing found in the sources checked

No harm is recorded against this substance in the sources RNAWiki checked. Finding nothing is not the same as showing there is nothing.

The sources listed were searched and held nothing. That is not the same as nothing existing.

Over a long time. No completed tested study window is recorded, so long-term effects are not established by the registry record.

Groups the studies covered thinly. Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Does the exact form matter?

Evidence belongs to the exact thing that was tested. A different salt, a different mixture or a different preparation is a different question.

The form that was studied

Oral

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form used in the studies cited on this page.

No source is stored against this line.

What is sold

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

Nothing further is recorded about which forms are sold.

No source is stored against this line.

What is recorded as being sold

  • 104 products list this as an active ingredient in the United States drug directory. 19 of them contain it and nothing else.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 43742-2308 · read 2026-08-29

  • They are sold as capsule, liquid, powder, tablet and tablet, chewable, taken oral.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 43742-2308 · read 2026-08-29

  • 39 published labels name it as an active ingredient. None of them describes this substance alone, so no label text on this page can be attributed to it rather than to a combination.

    US prescribing information · 9bce2d3a-c0b3-4f5a-8a26-ead87abb61f5 · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels are classed as human otc drug and human prescription drug.

    US prescribing information · 9bce2d3a-c0b3-4f5a-8a26-ead87abb61f5 · read 2026-08-29

  • 13278 marketed supplement labels list this ingredient, classed as vitamin.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 240275 · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels carry all other, nutrient and structure/function claims. A claim of that kind is written by the manufacturer and is not assessed by any regulator, so its presence says nothing about whether it is true.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 240275 · read 2026-08-29

  • Boostervite is oral at HOW SUPPLIED: Boostervite™ tablets are yellow to brown, speckled, film-coated tablets, supplied in bottles of 30 tablets (NDC 59088-022-54)., recorded as fda label in effect 2026-06-18 in the United States.

    US prescribing information · 53efbf65-8844-8486-e063-6394a90a51d3 · read 2026-08-30

Evidence carries across two names for one substance. It does not carry across a salt, a mirror form or a mixture.

Names and forms linked to this record

  • Contains

    Descobalt Cobalamin

    Evidence on this page does not automatically apply to this one.

  • Contains

    METHANE

    Evidence on this page does not automatically apply to this one.

  • Racemate of

    CYANOCOBALAMIN CO 58

    Evidence on this page does not automatically apply to this one.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What you could measure

Watching one thing carefully can tell you whether it moved. It cannot tell you what moved it.

This is sold without a prescription, so a person can sensibly watch one thing and see whether it moves.

  1. Pick one goal. One goal only. Two at once cannot be told apart afterwards.

  2. Pick one thing to watch. Registered studies measured things like: reduction of plasma total homocysteine of vegetarians; peak plasma concentration; area under the plasma concentration versus time curve 0 t.

  3. Measure before you start. Take the same measurement several times first. One reading is not a starting point.

  4. Know the swing. Write down how much it moves on its own across a normal week.

  5. Change one thing. Change nothing else at the same time, including training and sleep.

  6. Give it the study length. No finished study window is recorded, so no length is suggested here.

  7. Track whether you took it. Missed days are the most common reason a home test shows nothing.

  8. Read the trend. Look at the line across weeks. A single reading tells you almost nothing.

What not to measure

  • Anything that swings more day to day than the change you are looking for.
  • A wearable estimate of sleep stages, which is an estimate and not a measurement.
  • Weight on one morning, which mostly records water.
  • A feeling you did not write down before starting, such as: clinical global impression improvement.

When to stop

  • Stop if something new and unpleasant starts, and ask a pharmacist or doctor.
  • Stop if you cannot keep everything else steady, because the result will not mean anything.
  • Stop at the end of the window you set, and read the trend then.

Tracking can show whether something changed for you. It cannot show what caused it.

RNAWiki does not work out an amount for anyone.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What nobody knows yet

Open questions, each with why it is open and what would close it.

How much did people take in the studies?

The sources RNAWiki checked hold nothing for this field.

Why it matters. A result belongs to an amount. Without the amount the result floats free.

What would answer it

A stored source that records it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing populations

Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing long-term data

No completed tested study window is recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

No reviewed conclusion

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing interaction studies

No interaction was found in the registers checked. Not finding one is not the same as showing there is none.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Formulation uncertainty

Several salts, forms or products of Methylcobalamin are recorded. Results from one form may not transfer to another.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Mechanism not reviewed

No reviewed mechanism story exists for this substance.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Check any of this yourself

Every line above traced back to the study it came from. This is the technical layer, and the vocabulary changes here.

Where else this substance is registered

FDA substance identifier (UNII)
BR1SN1JS2W
CAS registry number
13422-55-4
PubChem compound
73415798
ChEBI
28115
WHO international nonproprietary name list entry
3148
RxNorm concept
29421
EMA substance identifier
100000088210
European Chemicals Agency number
236-535-3
DrugBank
DB03614

Checks this page had to pass

  • Passed

    Identity resolved

    no open identity hold

  • Passed

    No unresolved merge across substance families

    no quarantine open

  • Not passed

    Every public sentence names a source

    The opening statement carries no source: the record holds neither an explanation nor a recorded use.

  • Not passed

    Trial roles classified for highlighted evidence

    No registered study is classified as testing this substance.

  • Passed

    No internal keys in reader text

    enforced by the copy-contract test over the rendered page

  • Passed

    Safety mode resolved

    The identity record classes it as a supplement ingredient; no medicines register records an approval.

  • Passed

    Canonical metadata present

    slug and display name present

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How this medicine reached us

Kept near the foot of the page. A historical event moves up only when it changes something about this substance today.

What the approval register records

  • The earliest marketing start date recorded for a listed product is 20130927.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 43742-2308 · read 2026-08-29

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What did Methylcobalamin's largest trial (130 people) and its longest (7.3 years) measure?


130 people in Methylcobalamin's largest registered study, 7.3 years in its longest registered window, measuring Peak Plasma Concentration (Cmax). ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

5 na, 4 phase3, 3 phase2, 1 phase1, 1 phase4; NCT03548311; 2025-02-18. Last human test completed 2026, NCT07781020.

Interpretation These counts include studies where Methylcobalamin was a comparison treatment, a background treatment or an exposure in an observational study, and the longest window may be a planned end date. Trial roles have not yet been classified for this record.

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  • na
    5
  • phase3
    4
  • phase2
    3
  • phase1
    1
  • phase4
    1
  • Last recorded human test NCT07781020
    2026-07-15

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

From mouse to human: where has Methylcobalamin shown lifespan?


mouse: lifespan and human: biomarker (12): the rungs where Methylcobalamin has a recorded finding. Europe PMC and ClinicalTrials.gov · organism ladder · 2026-09-01

Interpretation Peak Plasma Concentration (Cmax) — the recorded outcome words.

Yeast C. elegans Drosophila Mouse lifespanRat Dog Non-human primate Human biomarker
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  • mouse
    lifespan
  • human NCT07281872
    biomarker; Peak Plasma Concentration (Cmax); 12

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Why did Methylcobalamin's trial NCT03485404 stop?


1 recorded trial of Methylcobalamin stopped. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

"Due to slow recruiment. Only 40 patients were recruited in four years."; 1 of 12 registered studies

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  • Trial NCT03485404
    terminated; "Due to slow recruiment. Only 40 patients were recruited in four years."

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Could one person measure Methylcobalamin's effect on glutathione redox status?


Glutathione redox status: measured in Methylcobalamin's trials.

Interpretation glutathione redox status is the recorded endpoint.

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biomarkers

  • glutathione redox status; 2026-09-01
  • clinical global impression improvement; 2026-09-01
  • reduction of plasma total homocysteine of vegetarians; 2026-09-01
  • incidence of pocd at discharge or 7 days after operation; 2026-09-01
  • peak plasma concentration; 2026-09-01
  • area under the plasma concentration versus time curve 0 t; 2026-09-01
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  • biomarkers
    area under the plasma concentration versus time curve 0; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    cardiorespiratory fitness measured by maximal oxygen uptake; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    systemic chronic inflammation measured by iage index; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    lean body mass measured by dual energy x ray absorptiometry; 2026-09-01
  • human trials at or under30
    4
  • Not recorded for this substance
    a recorded half-life
  • smallest human trial
    20; NCT07281872; PHASE1; the smallest recorded human enrolment at or below 30; the registry states no direction of its result; COMPLETED

Which of area under the plasma concentration versus time curve 0, area under the plasma concentration versus time curve 0 t and cardiorespiratory fitness measured by maximal oxygen uptake did Methylcobalamin's trials measure?


area under the plasma concentration versus time curve 0, area under the plasma concentration versus time curve 0 t and cardiorespiratory fitness measured by maximal oxygen uptake lead 10 outcome terms across Methylcobalamin's trials. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

incidence of pocd at discharge or 7 days after operation, peak plasma concentration, area under the plasma concentration versus time curve 0 t, area under the plasma concentration versus time curve 0, cardiorespiratory fitness measured by maximal oxygen uptake and systemic chronic inflammation measured by iage index follow.

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  • glutathione redox status
    1
  • clinical global impression improvement
    1
  • reduction of plasma total homocysteine of vegetarians
    1
  • incidence of pocd at discharge or 7 days after operation
    1
  • peak plasma concentration
    1
  • area under the plasma concentration versus time curve 0 t
    1
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  • area under the plasma concentration versus time curve 0
    1
  • cardiorespiratory fitness measured by maximal oxygen uptake
    1
  • systemic chronic inflammation measured by iage index
    1
  • lean body mass measured by dual energy x ray absorptiometry
    1

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which of Methylcobalamin's 3 ongoing trials reports first?


3 registered trials of Methylcobalamin are open; earliest completion 2025-09. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Levels of total vitamin B12 in blood.; Proportion of Participants With Controlled Peripheral Neurotoxicity at Week 6 as Assessed by CTCAE v5.0; latest 2027-02-01

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Trial

  • NCT05785585
    "Effect of Methylcobalamin and Cyanocobalamin Consumption on Vitamin B12 Nutritional Status"; n 54; "Levels of total vitamin B12 in blood."; 2025-09
  • NCT07344974
    "Hand and Foot Bath for Taxane-Induced Peripheral Neurotoxicity"; n 78; "Proportion of Participants With Controlled Peripheral Neurotoxicity at Week 6 as Assessed by CTCAE v5.0"; 2027-02-01
  • NCT07475546
    "Combination Gerotherapeutic Interventions for Healthspan Improvement"; n 30; "Change in cardiorespiratory fitness measured by maximal oxygen uptake (VO₂ max)"; 2026-04

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which running trial of Methylcobalamin could settle vo2max?


NCT07475546 measures Change in cardiorespiratory fitness measured by maximal oxygen uptake (VO₂ max), reading out 2026-04.

1 open trial; n 30; "Combination Gerotherapeutic Interventions for Healthspan Improvement"

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  • Trial NCT07475546
    "Combination Gerotherapeutic Interventions for Healthspan Improvement"; n 30; "Change in cardiorespiratory fitness measured by maximal oxygen uptake (VO₂ max)"; 2026-04

Which 3 trials of Methylcobalamin posted no result?


Posted no result
3 of 3 completed trials
Registrations
NCT00692315, NCT00273650 and NCT01661309
Completion dates
oldest 2007-12; newest 2014-05
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Trial

  • NCT00692315
    2007-12
  • NCT00273650
    2009-08
  • NCT01661309
    2014-05

At the median, Methylcobalamin's trials enrolled 45 people — anything larger?


Median enrolment
45
Largest enrolment
130
Registered trials counted
12

Was Methylcobalamin studied with exercise?


exercise is named in Methylcobalamin's label sentences: "A brief, 3-day intervention with methylcobalamin (1 mg/day) was associated with positive changes, when compared with placebo, in selected markers of anaerobic performance (peak power and fatigue-related decline) and pre-exercise cognitive performance in recreationally trained amateur cyclists,…" openfda-label+europepmc · 2026-02-28

1 recorded statement; exercise

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  • exercise
    A brief, 3-day intervention with methylcobalamin (1 mg/day) was associated with positive changes, when compared with placebo, in selected markers of anaerobic performance (peak power and fatigue-related decline) and pre-exercise cognitive performance in recreationally trained amateur cyclists, suggesting a possible involvement of peripheral and central mechanisms.

recorded 2026-02-28 · last checked 2026-09-04

What is recorded about Methylcobalamin and IGF-1?


"It is concluded that exogenous methylcobalamin delayed onset of diabetic peripheral neuropathy via up-regulation of neural IGF-1 gene expression, and a better neuroprotective effect could be achieved in the presence of good control of hyperglycemia, especially at early stage of diabetes." — where Methylcobalamin and IGF-1 appear together. Europe PMC · pathway abstract search · 2010-04-01

IGF-1; PMID 20406575

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  • IGF-1 PMID 20406575
    "It is concluded that exogenous methylcobalamin delayed onset of diabetic peripheral neuropathy via up-regulation of neural IGF-1 gene expression, and a better neuroprotective effect could be achieved in the presence of good control of hyperglycemia, especially at early stage of diabetes."

recorded 2010-04-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Where it is registered
Identifiers, relations and other names

The exact record

PubChem CID
73415798
CAS number
13422-55-4
RxCUI
29421
InChIKey
XIMXJQOPHNZJDD-MEWWDOPBSA-N

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