Land: Verenigd Koninkrijk
Taal: Engels
Bron: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)
Ascorbic acid
Dalkeith Laboratories Ltd
A11GA01
Ascorbic acid
50mg
Oral tablet
Oral
No Controlled Drug Status
Valid as a prescribable product
BNF: 09060301; GTIN: 5039290001126
Q2119/1 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 any of the side effects get serious, or if you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor or pharmacist. 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 BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL IF: • You are pregnant or breastfeeding. • You have an intolerance to some sugars. These tablets contain lactose and sucrose. If any of the conditions above apply to you, please discuss your treatment with your doctor before taking this medicine. TAKING OTHER MEDICINES Ascorbic Acid Tablets can affect some other medicines you may be taking. Make sure your doctor knows if you are taking an iron preparation, called desferrioxamine. Always tell your doctor or pharmacist about all the medicines you are taking. This means medicines you have bought yourself as well as those you have on prescription from you Lees het volledige document
SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT Ascorbic Acid 50mg Tablets BP 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each tablet contains Ascorbic Acid 50mg For excipients, see 6.1 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Tablet. White, uncoated bi-convex tablets with tablet markings “50”. 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: 2 tablets three times a day. For prophylactic use: 1 tablet twice 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 acid may cause acidification of the urine which could alter the rate of renal excretion of some drugs. Ascorbic acid may increase the oral absorption of iron. It may also increase iron excretion when used in conjunction with desferrioxamine in the treatment of iron overload. 4.6 FERTILITY, PREGNANCY AND LACTATION There is inadequate evidence of the safety of ascorbic Lees het volledige document