Chromium Picolinate: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Chromium Picolinate is a medicine sold in the U.S. under one brand. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Available as
- Injectable
- Sold as
- Chromium
- Generic available?
- Not in our catalog
How chromium picolinate is dosed
From the FDA label for Chromium. Other chromium picolinate products — different forms, different strengths — are dosed differently. Follow the label for the one you were prescribed.
Chromium 4 mcg/mL (Chromic Chloride Injection, USP) contains 4 mcg chromium/mL and is administered intravenously only after dilution. The additive should be administered in a volume of fluid not less than 100 mL. For the adult receiving TPN, the suggested additive dosage is 10 to 15 mcg chromium/day (2.5 to 3.75 mL/day). The metabolically stable adult with intestinal fluid loss may require 20 mcg chromium/day (5 mL/day), with frequent monitoring of blood levels as a guideline for subsequent administration. For pediatric patients, the suggested additive dosage is 0.14 to 0.20 mcg/kg/day (0.035 to 0.05 mL/kg/day). Parenteral drug products should be inspected visually for particulate matter and discoloration prior to administration, whenever solution and container permit. See PRECAUTIONS .
Chromium Picolinate side effects
None known.
Who shouldn’t take chromium picolinate
None known.
Every chromium picolinate product we track (1)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
Only one: Chromium.
What people report to the FDA about chromium picolinate
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 1,033 reports naming chromium picolinate, and the FDA flagged 57% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- fatigue128 reports
- headache81 reports
- nausea80 reports
- diarrhoea79 reports
- weight decreased74 reports
- dizziness59 reports
- vomiting57 reports
- fall54 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean chromium picolinate caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label section above.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved July 25, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
What is chromium picolinate?
Chromium (Chromium Picolinate) is a dietary supplement.
Can you take chromium picolinate with other medicines?
It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run chromium picolinate against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What forms does chromium picolinate come in?
Across the brands we track, chromium picolinate is currently marketed as injectable, per the FDA's National Drug Code Directory. Each form is dosed differently — follow the label for the exact product you were prescribed.
Is there a generic chromium picolinate?
We do not currently list a generic-labelled chromium picolinate product. That does not always mean none exists — it means none appears under a generic name in the FDA data we track. Ask your pharmacist.
Cite this page
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- pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Chromium Picolinate: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/chromium-picolinate
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- “Chromium Picolinate: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/chromium-picolinate.
We summarise public FDA and NIH sources — for a clinical claim, cite the primary source we link to as well.
Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.
Read the full FDA label for chromium picolinate on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.