Ascorbic Acid 100mg Tablets.

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Source: myHealthbox

Active ingredient:

Ascorbic Acid

Available from:

Crescent Pharma Limited

ATC code:

A11GA01

INN (International Name):

Ascorbic Acid

Dosage:

100mg

Pharmaceutical form:

Tablets

Administration route:

Oral use

Units in package:

28, 100, 500 & 1000 tablets

Prescription type:

GSL - General Sales List

Manufactured by:

Surepharm Services Ltd

Therapeutic group:

Ascorbic Acid (Vit C), Plain

Therapeutic indications:

For the treatment of scurvy. Prophylactically in cases where deficiency might be expected to occur

Authorization status:

Authorised

Authorization date:

2015-04-17

Patient Information leaflet

 
Patient Information Leaflet

ASCORBIC ACID 100 MG TABLETS 

This medicine  will be called  Ascorbic  Acid  Tablets 
in this leaflet.

READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START  
TAKING THIS MEDICINE. 

•  Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again. 

•  This medicine is only for you. Do not give it to  
    anyone else to take. It may harm them, even if  
    their symptoms are the same as yours. 

•  If you have any further questions, please ask your  
    doctor or pharmacist. 

•  If you get any side effects talk to your doctor or  
    pharmacist.  This includes any possible side effects  
    not listed in this leaflet.  See section 4.  

IN  THIS LEAFLET:

1.  What Ascorbic  Acid Tablets are and what they are 
used  for

2.   Before  you take  Ascorbic  Acid  Tablets

3.  How to take Ascorbic  Acid Tablets

4.   Possible  side  effects

5.  How to store Ascorbic  Acid Tablets

6.   Further  information

1. WHAT ASCORBIC  ACID TABLETS ARE  AND 
WHAT  THEY  ARE  USED  FOR

These tablets  contain  the active  ingredient,  ascorbic 
acid. Ascorbic  acid is the chemical name for Vitamin 
C. The tablets  can be used to increase the amount of 
Vitamin C in the diet.

Vitamin C Tablets are used to treat patients  with 
scurvy or they can be used by people  who are at risk 
of Vitamin C deficiency.

2. BEFORE  YOU TAKE  ASCORBIC  ACID TABLETS

SOME  PEOPLE 
MUST NOT  
TAKE THESE TABLETS. 
DO  NOT TAKE THESE TABLETS IF:

•   You know you are allergic to ascorbic  acid or to any

of the other ingredients  (these are listed  in Section  6)

•   You suffer from hyperoxaluria  (excess oxalic  acid in 
the urine).

YOU  MUST B

Summary of Product characteristics

SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 

1 
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT 
Ascorbic Acid 100 mg Tablets. 

2 
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION 
Each tablet contains Ascorbic Acid 100mg 

Excipients with known effect: 
Each tablet contains 147.2mg lactose and 8.1mg sucrose 

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1 

3 PHARMACEUTICAL 
FORM 
Tablet. 

White uncoated bi-convex tablets with tablet markings “100”. 

4 CLINICAL 
PARTICULARS 

4.1 THERAPEUTIC 
INDICATIONS 
For the treatment of scurvy.  
Prophylactically in cases where deficiency might be expected
to occur. 

4.2 
POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION 
For oral administration.    

Adults, the elderly and children: 

For the treatment of scurvy: One tablet three times a day. 

For prophylactic use: One tablet a day. 

4.3 CONTRAINDICATIONS 
Hypersensitivity to ascorbic acid or any of the other
ingredients. 

Ascorbic acid supplements should not be given to patients with
hyperoxaluria. 

4.4 
SPECIAL WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS FOR USE 
Vitamin C may interfere with tests and assays for urinary glucose,
giving false 
negative results with methods utilising glucose
oxidase with indicator (e.g. Labstix, 
Testape) and false positive results with neocuproin methods.
Estimation of uric acid 
by phosphotungstate or by uricase with copper reduction and
measurement of 
creatinine in non-deproteinised serum may also be affected.
High doses of vitamin C 
may give false negative readings in faecal occult blood
tests. 

Patients with rare hereditary problems of fructose or galactose
intolerance, the LAPP-
lactase deficiency, glucose-galactose malabsorption
or sucrase-isomaltase 
insufficiency should not take this medicine
as it contains lactose and sucrose. 

4.5 
INTERACTION WITH OTHER MEDICINAL PRODUCTS AND OTHER FORMS
OF INTERACTION 
Large doses of ascorbic a