What is Methylcobalamin injection (methyl B12)?
The short answer
Methylcobalamin injection is a shot of one of the forms of B12 that are found in food.
What it is
Coenzyme form of vitamin B12.
What people look into
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What it is
- Type
- Vitamin (B12 coenzyme form)
- Also known as
- methylcobalamin, methyl b12 shot, mecobalamin
- How it works
- Coenzyme form of vitamin B12.
Regulatory status
Not FDA-approved · advisory vote June 2021 · no FDA decision How we label status
As of October 4, 2026, Methylcobalamin injection (methyl B12) is not FDA-approved. On June 9, 2021, FDA's compounding advisory committee voted to recommend adding it to the 503A bulks list; FDA staff had recommended against it. FDA has not proposed that change.
- Federal (FDA)
- Not FDA-approved as a drug (openFDA: no application)
- 503A compounding
- Category 1 (503A); PCAC recommended 2021-06-09 (9-5; FDA staff: against); no proposed rule as of 2026-10-07; 503B Category 1 (as of October 7, 2026)
- PCAC history
- PCAC 2021-06-09: 9-5 for; FDA staff: against
- WADA 2026
- Not named
References
Sources as of October 4, 2026
- FDA: www.fda.gov/media/94155/download
- FDA: www.fda.gov/media/94164/download
- Federal Register: www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/05/07/2021-09621/pharmacy-compounding-advisory-committee-notice-of-meeting-establishment-of-a-public-docket-request
- Internet Archive: web.archive.org/web/20241109001606id_/https://www.fda.gov/media/151410/download
- Federal Register: www.federalregister.gov/documents/search