I was prescribed cyanocobalamin years ago...

[Lioncreek]

I was prescribed cyanocobalamin, I now see comments about meth... does my cyanocobalamin work on my IF test confirmed Pernicious Anemia?

[Nackapan]

Yes.

Its all B12

Some pay the expensive price tag for methylcobalabin and either have no extra benefit .

Infact some get side effects on that form.

My friend I Canada has tried all forms.

Back on cyanocobalamin

[clivealive Forum Support]

Please be assured Lioncreek I'm 82 years old and have been on cyanocobamalin injections for P.A. for over 52 years - so yes I can say they have been are still working,

I wish you well

[Technoid]

what comments? Not comments on facebook I hope 😁

As others mentioned, Cyanocobalamin should be equally effective. Liquid methylcobalamin will probably be harder to find, more expensive, degrades more easily when exposed to light or heat, and has less research backing its effectiveness. This is not to say it wont work, it may work great, but if you're looking for the B12 form with the most tested and proven track record of effectively treating B12 deficiency, that would be Cyanocobalamin.

Hydroxocobalamin is usually used in Europe, in contrast to the US. It's all good. It all works. If you want the brutal biochemical detail to prove they work just as well I can supply that but I don't want to bore you or anyone else unnecessarily.

[Gambit62 Administrator]

A lot of supplement manufacturers hype methyl B12 as a more natural form - it is no less artificial than cyano and hydroxo and it is only an analogue of one of the two forms used in your cells (methyl and adenosyl) but the process for transferring B12 into your cells makes this irrelevant as the methyl/adenosyl part is removed when it combines with the transport protein. It is then recombined in the cell. If the cyano has been working for you stick with it.

[Sunnysidoop in reply to Gambit62]

I always wonder about risks of cyano originating from cyanide?

[Gambit62 Administrator in reply to Sunnysidoop]

 Sunnysidoop the amounts of cyanide will be trace amounts only - as is the case with trace amounts from some stoned fruits - and smoking. (not that I recommend smoking). There are a very small number of people with Lebers syndrome - an extreme sensitivity to cyanide - who should not use cyanocobalamin because of the risk of blindness but that is the only contra-indicator to the use of cyanocobalamin

[Sunnysidoop]

Very helpful, thank you