Forceval Capsules
Country: Malta
Language: English
Source: Medicines Authority
Patient Information leaflet
(PIL)
03-05-2024
Summary of Product characteristics
(SPC)
03-05-2024
Active ingredient:
BETACAROTENE, CHROMIUM, FOLIC ACID, PHOSPHORUS, POTASSIUM, ASCORBIC ACID, CALCIUM, COPPER, CYANOCOBALAMIN, BIOTIN, DL, ALFA, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, PANTOTHENIC ACID, ERGOCALCIFEROL, MOLYBDENUM, NICOTINAMIDE, ZINC, IODINE, IRON, MAGNESIUM, MANGANESE, SELENIUM, PYRIDOXINE, THIAMINE, RIBOFLAVIN
Available from:
Alliance Pharmaceuticals Limited Avonbridge House, Bath Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 2BB, United Kingdom
ATC code:
A11JC
INN (International Name):
BETACAROTENE 2500 IU CHROMIUM 200 µg FOLIC ACID 400 µg PHOSPHORUS 77 mg POTASSIUM 4 mg ASCORBIC ACID 60 mg CALCIUM 100 mg COPPER 2 mg CYANOCOBALAMIN 3 µg D-BIOTIN 100 µg DL-ALFA-TOCOPHERYL ACETATE 10 mg PANTOTHENIC ACID 4 mg ERGOCALCIFEROL 400 IU MOLYBDENUM 250 µg NICOTINAMIDE 18 mg ZINC 15 mg IODINE 140 µg IRON 12 mg MAGNESIUM 30 mg MANGANESE 3 mg SELENIUM 50 µg PYRIDOXINE 2 mg THIAMINE 1.2 mg RIBOFLAVIN 1.6 mg
Pharmaceutical form:
SOFT CAPSULE
Composition:
BETACAROTENE 2500 IU CHROMIUM 200 µg FOLIC ACID 400 µg PHOSPHORUS 77 mg POTASSIUM 4 mg ASCORBIC ACID 60 mg CALCIUM 100 mg COPPER 2 mg CYANOCOBALAMIN 3 µg D-BIOTIN 100 µg DL-ALFA-TOCOPHERYL ACETATE 10 mg PANTOTHENIC ACID 4 mg ERGOCALCIFEROL 400 IU MOLYBDENUM 250 µg NICOTINAMIDE 18 mg ZINC 15 mg IODINE 140 µg IRON 12 mg MAGNESIUM 30 mg MANGANESE 3 mg SELENIUM 50 µg PYRIDOXINE 2 mg THIAMINE 1.2 mg RIBOFLAVIN 1.6 mg
Prescription type:
OTC
Therapeutic area:
VITAMINS
Authorization status:
Withdrawn
Authorization date:
2006-02-01
Patient Information leaflet
PIL Malta 002
PATIENT INFORMATION LEAFLET
FORCEVAL CAPSULES
®
READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT
INFORMATION FOR YOU.
This medicine is available without prescription. However, you still need to take
Forceval Capsules carefully to get the best results from them.
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Keep this leaflet. You may need to read it again.
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Ask your pharmacist if you need more information or advice.
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You must contact a doctor, dietician or pharmacist if your symptoms
worsen or do not improve.
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If any of the side effects gets serious, or if you notice any side effect not
listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor, dietician or pharmacist.
The information in this leaflet has been divided into the following sections:
1. WHAT FORCEVAL CAPSULES ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE TAKEN FOR
2. CHECK BEFORE YOU TAKE FORCEVAL CAPSULES
3. HOW TO TAKE FORCEVAL CAPSULES
4. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
5. HOW TO STORE FORCEVAL CAPSULES
6. FURTHER INFORMATION
1. WHAT FORCEVAL CAPSULES ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE TAKEN FOR
Forceval Capsules are a multivitamin and mineral supplement. They contain a
combination of 24 essential vitamins, minerals and trace elements.
The human body requires a wide variety of vitamins, minerals and trace
elements to perform crucial daily tasks such as releasing energy from food
and repairing cell damage. During certain illnesses, your body either cannot
get or cannot efficiently use all of the vitamins, minerals and trace elements it
needs.
Your doctor, dietician or pharmacist will give you Forceval Capsules if your
diet has not provided you with enough vitamins, minerals and trace elements.
Each capsule contains the following 24 essen
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Summary of Product characteristics
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1.
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Forceval Capsules
2.
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Each capsule contains:
Vitamin A (as
β
-Carotene)
HSE
2,500.0 iu
Vitamin D2 (Ergocalciferol)
HSE
400.0 iu
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
PhEur
1.2 mg
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
PhEur
1.6 mg
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)
PhEur
2.0 mg
Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin)
HSE
3.0 mcg
Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)
PhEur
60.0 mg
Vitamin E (dl-
α
-Tocopheryl Acetate)
USP
10.0 mg
d-Biotin (Vitamin H)
FCC
100.0 mcg
Nicotinamide (Vitamin B3)
PhEur
18.0 mg
Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5)
PhEur
4.0 mg
Folic Acid (Vitamin B Complex)
PhEur
400.0 mcg
Calcium
USP
100.0 mg
Iron
PhEur
12.0 mg
Copper
PhEur
2.0 mg
Phosphorus
USP
77.0 mg
Magnesium
PhEur
30.0 mg
Potassium
BPC
4.0 mg
Zinc
USP
15.0 mg
Iodine
PhEur
140.0 mcg
Manganese
USP
3.0 mg
Selenium
HSE
50.0 mcg
Chromium
HSE
200.0 mcg
Molybdenum
PhEur
250.0 mcg
3.
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Brown and maroon, oblong, soft gelatin capsule printed with FORCEVAL in white on one
side and with 6377 in white on the other side.
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4.
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
1.
As a therapeutic nutritional adjunct where the intake of vitamins and minerals
is suboptimal, e.g. in the presence of organic disease such as malignancy and
immune deficiency syndromes, such
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