Pyridoxine+mecobalamin
About
Pyridoxine+mecobalamin belongs to the class of 'multivitamins' primarily used to treat nutritional deficiencies due to various complications or long term diseases. Nutritional deficiency occurs when the body is unable to absorb or get enough nutrients from food.
Pyridoxine+mecobalamin contains Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) and Mecobalamin (vitamin B12). Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) is a water-soluble vitamin involved in protein, fat, and carbohydrate metabolism and the formation of red blood cells and neurotransmitters. Methylcobalamin/Mecobalamin, a form of vitamin B12, regulates body functions, such as cell multiplication, blood formation, and protein synthesis.
Your doctor will decide the dosage based on your medical condition. Sometimes, Pyridoxine+mecobalamin may have common side effects like numbness of hands or feet, upset stomach, diarrhoea, loss of hunger, and dizziness. These side effects do not require medical attention and gradually resolve over time.
Let your doctor know if you use any other medications, including vitamins, before starting Pyridoxine+mecobalamin. Please tell your doctor if you are allergic to Pyridoxine+mecobalamin or its components. It is essential to let your doctor know if you are pregnant, planning to conceive or are a breastfeeding mother. Avoid consuming alcohol along with Pyridoxine+mecobalamin to ensure maximum absorption of nutrients. Pyridoxine+mecobalamin should be used in children only with the doctor's advice.
Uses of Pyridoxine+mecobalamin
Medicinal Benefits
Pyridoxine+mecobalamin is used to treat nutritional deficiencies and contains Pyridoxine and Mecobalamin. Pyridoxine treats and prevents vitamin B6 deficiency, anaemia, peripheral neuropathy, and seizures (fits). It is involved in protein, fat, and carbohydrate metabolism and the creation of red blood cells and neurotransmitters. Mecobalamin regulates body functions and helps rejuvenate and protect damaged nerve cells by producing a substance called myelin. It is used to treat pernicious anaemia (red blood cells are not produced due to Vitamin B12 deficiency), neuropathy (nerve damage), and multiple sclerosis (immune system disease affecting the brain).
Directions for Use
Storage
Side Effects of Pyridoxine+mecobalamin
- Numbness of hands or feet
- Upset stomach
- Diarrhoea
- Loss of hunger
- Dizziness
In-Depth Precautions and Warning
Drug Warnings
Let your doctor know if you have any heart, liver or kidney diseases before starting Pyridoxine+mecobalamin. This supplement should be used during pregnancy only when advised by your doctor. Pyridoxine is excreted into breast milk. Hence, breastfeeding women should consult their doctor before taking Pyridoxine+mecobalamin. Drinking alcohol may hinder Pyridoxine+mecobalamin absorption; therefore, it is advised to limit the alcohol intake while using Pyridoxine+mecobalamin. Pyridoxine+mecobalamin is safe to use in children only when advised by the doctor. Keep Pyridoxine+mecobalamin away from direct sunlight. Do not store Pyridoxine+mecobalamin above 25ºC.
Drug Interactions
Drug-Drug Interaction: Pyridoxine+mecobalamin may interact with anti-cancer drugs (altretamine, cisplatin, and arsenic trioxide), fits medicines (phenytoin, phenobarbital), antibiotic (chloramphenicol), and medicines treating Parkinson's disease (levodopa).
Drug-Food Interaction: No interaction found/established.
Drug-Disease Interaction: Use Pyridoxine+mecobalamin with medical advice if you have malabsorption syndrome (difficulty absorbing nutrition from food), and Leber's optic atrophy.
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Safety Advice
Alcohol
cautionIt is advised to limit the alcohol intake while using Pyridoxine+mecobalamin to ensure maximum absorption of nutrients.
Pregnancy
cautionLet your doctor know if you are pregnant or planning to conceive before taking Pyridoxine+mecobalamin.
Breast Feeding
cautionPyridoxine in Pyridoxine+mecobalamin is excreted into the breast milk. Please consult your doctor before taking Pyridoxine+mecobalamin if you are breastfeeding.
Driving
not applicableNo interactions were found/established.
Liver
cautionLet your doctor know if you have any history of liver diseases before taking Pyridoxine+mecobalamin.
Kidney
cautionLet your doctor know if you have any history of kidney diseases before taking Pyridoxine+mecobalamin.
Children
consult your doctorThe doctor will decide the dosage of Pyridoxine+mecobalamin based on the child's age and weight.
Habit Forming
Diet & Lifestyle Advise
- Try Vitamin B complex food sources like milk, cheese, eggs, liver and kidney, chicken, red meat, tuna, mackerel, and salmon, shellfish, oysters, clams, dark green vegetables, such as spinach and kale, beets, avocados, and potatoes, whole grains, cereals, kidney beans, black beans, and chickpea.
- Include fruits like citrus, banana, and watermelon in your diet.
- Avoid smoking and alcohol consumption.
- Exercise regularly, and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Avoid excess fatty foods.
Special Advise
- Clinical monitoring of Vitamin B12 and B6 levels through blood examinations is recommended.
- Let your doctor and the laboratory staff know if you are using Pyridoxine+mecobalamin since Pyridoxine may interfere with laboratory tests like urine test for urobilinogen.
Patients Concern
Disease/Condition Glossary
Nutritional deficiency: A nutritional deficiency occurs when the body does not absorb or get enough nutrients from food. This condition occurs when a person's nutrient intake is lesser than the body's recommended requirement. It can lead to various health problems like a weak immune system, skin problems, digestion problems, defective bone growth, and neurological diseases.
FAQs
Pyridoxine+mecobalamin is a vitamin supplement and consists of Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) and Mecobalamin (vitamin B12). When you lack these vitamins in your body, which cannot be recovered even with the food sources, Pyridoxine+mecobalamin helps in normalising these deficient levels. Collectively, Pyridoxine+mecobalamin treats nutritional deficiencies.
Vitamin B6 deficiency occurs when your body lacks adequate Pyridoxine levels. You can overcome this deficiency by including food sources rich in Pyridoxine like milk, eggs, beef, pork, chicken or turkey, fish, peanuts, soya beans, wheat germ, oats and bananas. If your Vitamin B6 levels are still low, your doctor may suggest its supplements.
Vitamin B12 deficiency is caused when you don't have enough Methylcobalamine or Mecobalmin levels in your body. You can include natural Vitamin B12 sources like eggs, beef, liver, chicken, trout, salmon, tuna fish, clams, fortified breakfast cereal, low-fat milk, yoghurt, and cheese in your diet for treating the deficiency. If you still have low levels of B12, please consult your doctor for its supplements.
Please do not take Pyridoxine+mecobalamin if you are allergic to pyridoxine and mecobalamin, have eye problems (Leber's optic atrophy), or take levodopa for Parkinson’s disease.
Pyridoxine in Pyridoxine+mecobalamin may interfere with laboratory tests like urine test for urobilinogen. Please make sure your doctor and the laboratory staff know that you take Pyridoxine+mecobalamin before undergoing any blood and urine examinations.
The common signs and symptoms of low vitamin B12 include a pale yellow tinge to your skin, a sore and red tongue (glossitis), mouth ulcers, pins and needles (paraesthesia), changes in the way that you walk and move around, disturbed vision, irritability and depression.
