Ascorbic acid 50mg tablets

País: Reino Unido

Língua: inglês

Origem: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Ingredientes ativos:

Ascorbic acid

Disponível em:

Kent Pharma (UK) Ltd

Código ATC:

A11GA01

DCI (Denominação Comum Internacional):

Ascorbic acid

Dosagem:

50mg

Forma farmacêutica:

Oral tablet

Via de administração:

Oral

Classe:

No Controlled Drug Status

Tipo de prescrição:

Valid as a prescribable product

Resumo do produto:

BNF: 09060301

Folheto informativo - Bula

Patient Information Leaflet
ASCORBIC ACID 50 MG TABLETS BP
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 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 medi

Características técnicas

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 ascorbi