If clinical suspicion of cyanide poisoning is high, CYANOKIT should be administered without delay 1 CYANOKIT can be used to treat multiple sources of cyanide poisoning, including smoke inhalation and ingestion 1 Hydroxocobalamin, the active ingredient in CYANOKIT, has been used in France since the 1980s, was formally licensed there in 1996, and was approved in the United States in 2006 to treat known or suspected cyanide poisoning 6,7 Clinical Experience Randomized clinical trials in humans are not possible due to ethical considerations, therefore evidence in controlled trials of the effectiveness of hydroxocobalamin for the treatment of cyanide poisoning was obtained primarily from studies in animals
B12 injections are becoming increasingly popular as more people become aware of the benefits it provides to both the body and mind
Vitamin B12 is necessary for patients with a low serum level of vitamin B12 because they take particular medications or because they suffer from pernicious anemia, gastrointestinal or autoimmune disorders, or alcoholism
Sodium cyanide ( 97%) and sodium acetate trihydrate ( 99.0%) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (Steinheim, Germany)