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Folic Acid
Crescent Pharma Ltd
B03BB01
Folic Acid
5mg
Tablets
Oral use
50, 100, 500 or 1000 tablets.
POM - Prescription Only Medicine
Surepharm Services Ltd
Folic Acid and Derivatives
Folic acid is necessary for the normal production and maturation of blood cells, and is used in the treatment of nutritional megaloblastic anaemias eg. following gastrectomy and the megaloblastic anaemia of pregnancy. It may also be used prophylactically in chronic haemolytic states or in renal dialysis.
Authorised
2015-04-16
Patient Information Leaflet FOLIC ACID 5 MG TABLETS This medicine will be called Folic 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 Folic Acid Tablets are and what they are used for 2. Before you take Folic Acid Tablets 3. How to take Folic Acid Tablets 4. Possible side effects 5. How to store Folic Acid Tablets 6. Further information 1. WHAT FOLIC ACID TABLETS ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE USED FOR These tablets contain the active ingredient, folic acid. Folic acid is the chemical name for Vitamin B9. It is necessary for the normal production of blood cells. Folic Acid Tablets are used for the treatment of certain types of anaemia. They are also used to help prevent the breakdown of red blood cells which can occur as a result of renal (kidney) dialysis or certain other conditions. 2. BEFORE YOU TAKE FOLIC ACID TABLETS SOME PEOPLE MUST NOT TAKE THESE TABLETS. TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR IF: • You know you are allergic to folic acid or to any of the other ingredients (these are listed in section 6) • You are suffering from pernicious anaemia or any other vitamin B12 deficien 完全なドキュメントを読む
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Folic Acid 5 mg Tablets 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Folic Acid 5 mg Excipients with known effect: Each tablet contains 50.4mg lactose and 2.8mg sucrose For THE FULL LIST OF EXCIPIENTS, SEE SECTION 6.1 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Tablets Plain yellow, round uncoated tablets. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS Folic acid is necessary for the normal production and maturation of blood cells, and is used in the treatment of nutritional megaloblastic anaemias eg. following gastrectomy and the megaloblastic anaemia of pregnancy. It may also be used prophylactically in chronic haemolytic states or in renal dialysis. 4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION For oral use. For nutritional megaloblastic anaemia in adults: 1 tablet daily for up to 4 months is usually sufficient. A dose of 15 mg (3 tablets) daily may be required where malabsorption exists. A maintenance dose of 5 mg every 1 to 7 days may also be required. In children over 1 year of age, the dose is as for adults. 4.3 CONTRAINDICATIONS Hypersensitivity to folic acid or any of the ingredients Addisonian pernicious anaemia (Vitamin B 12 deficiency), and malignant disease. 4.4 SPECIAL WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS FOR USE Should not be used in the treatment of pernicious anaemia or other vitamin B12 deficiency states until adequate amounts of hydroxocobalamin have been administered parenterally (may precipitate subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord). Caution has been expressed concerning the continuous use of high doses of 5mg per day; such dose levels have no value except in malabsorption, when regular doses with Folic Acid Tablets BP would be justified. The treatment of megaloblastic anae 完全なドキュメントを読む