Biotin Tablet: Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Precautions and Alternates

Quick overview

Biotin Tablet contains Biotin (Vitamin B7), a water-soluble vitamin belonging to the Vitamin Supplement class. It supports healthy hair, skin, and nails, and plays a role in turning food into energy. It is available in several forms, including tablets, capsules, chewable tablets, and oral strips, and should be used as directed by a doctor or pharmacist.

What is Biotin Tablet

Biotin is a water-soluble vitamin, also known as vitamin B7 or vitamin H. It is used to support healthy hair, skin, and nails, and plays a role in turning food into energy.

Biotin Tablet uses

• Supporting healthy hair growth
• Reducing hair loss
• Strengthening brittle nails
• Improving skin health and complexion
• Addressing biotin deficiency
• Supporting metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins
• Supporting healthy hair, skin, and nails

Benefits of Biotin Tablet

• Biotin provides an important source for creating energy as well as maintaining the function of your body as a whole
• May help keep the liver, nervous system, hair, eyes, and other systems healthy
• May be effective in treating certain medical conditions such as hypoglycemia, hyperlipidemia, and glucose control in obese patients with diabetes (when combined with chromium picolinate)

How Biotin Tablet works

Biotin helps the body break down proteins, fats, and carbohydrates, and it helps form fatty acids and glucose that the body uses for fuel.

Biotin Tablet dosage

It is best if this drug is taken with a meal. Chewable tablets should be chewed well before swallowing. Oral-disintegrating tablets should be allowed to dissolve in the mouth; water is not needed. Oral strips should be placed on the tongue and allowed to dissolve. Under-the-tongue (sublingual) tablets should be placed under the tongue and allowed to dissolve. Alternatively, swallow the tablet whole with water. It can be taken with or without food, though for best results, take it in the morning.

If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you think about it, but if it is close to the time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your normal schedule. Do not take two doses at the same time or extra doses.

Available forms and strengths

• Tablet
• Capsule, Liquid Filled
• Tablet, Chewable
• Tablet, Disintegrating
• Oral strips

Side effects of Biotin Tablet

Common

• Mild stomach upset
• Nausea
• Diarrhea

Serious

• Rash
• Itching
• Swelling
• Severe dizziness
• Trouble breathing
• Signs of an allergic reaction, like hives, red, swollen, blistered, or peeling skin with or without fever, wheezing, tightness in the chest or throat, trouble breathing, swallowing, or talking, unusual hoarseness, or swelling of the mouth, face, lips, tongue, or throat

Warnings and precautions

• Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan on getting pregnant so you can discuss the benefits and risks to you and the baby. Tell your doctor if you are breast-feeding so you can discuss the benefits and risks to you and the baby.
• Avoid taking higher doses without medical advice (kidney)
• Inform doctor before laboratory blood tests (kidney)
• Check for allergies to ingredients before use (liver)
• Avoid combining multiple biotin supplements (liver)
• Use carefully during pregnancy or breastfeeding (alcohol)
• Follow the recommended daily dosage (alcohol)
• Consult doctor if taking long-term supplements (driving)
• Keep away from children to prevent accidental use (driving)
• This drug may affect certain lab tests, so tell all your health care providers and lab workers that you take it.
• High amounts of biotin can cause false positive results in lab tests for thyroid disease.
• You should only take biotin supplements if advised by your doctor, since most people already get enough biotin through their normal diet.
• Supplements are not checked by regulators for purity or safety, so buy from a manufacturer you trust.

Storage

• Store at room temperature in a dry place. Do not store in a bathroom.
• Keep all drugs in a safe place. Keep all drugs out of the reach of children and pets.
• Throw away unused or expired drugs. Do not flush down a toilet or pour down a drain unless you are told to do so. Check with your pharmacist if you have questions about the best way to throw out drugs. There may be drug take-back programs in your area.
• Keep in a cool, dry place.
• Store at room temperature.
• Store away from direct sunlight and moisture.

When to see a doctor

• Get medical help right away if you notice signs of an allergic reaction, such as rash, hives, itching, red or swollen or blistered or peeling skin with or without fever, wheezing, tightness in the chest or throat, trouble breathing, swallowing, or talking, unusual hoarseness, or swelling of the mouth, face, lips, tongue, or throat.
• If you think there has been an overdose, contact your local poison control resources or get medical care right away, and be ready to describe what was taken, how much, and when it happened.
• If your symptoms or health problems do not get better or become worse, call your doctor.

Alternatives

• Multivitamin Tablets
• Keratin Supplements
• Zinc Supplements