PRODUCTS

Regulatory Class: Rx
Generic Name: Folic Acid
Formulation/s: 5 mg Film-coated tablet

Indications or Use: Treatment & prevention of folate deficiency state. Protection against neural tube defects in the offspring of pregnant & women of child-bearing potential.

Dosage and Directions for Use: Folate-deficient megaloblastic anemia 5 mg daily for 4 months. Malabsorption states up to 15 mg daily. Chronic haemolytic state continue with 5 mg every 1-7 days. Prevention of neural tube defects in the offspring of pregnant & women w/ child-bearing potential 5 mg daily prior to pregnancy & continued through the 1st trimester.

Administration: Take with or without food.

Contraindication: Megaloblastic anemia secondary to vit B₁₂ deficiency. May produce hematologic remission while neurologic damage progresses. Not to be given before a diagnosis has been fully established. Large & continuous doses may lower the blood concentration of vit B_12.

Special Precaution: Not to be given alone or in conjunction w/ inadequate vit B₁₂ for the treatment of undiagnosed megaloblastic anemia.

Adverse Reaction: GI disturbances & hypersensitivity reactions (rarely).

Interactions: May produce folate deficiency states w/ antiepileptics, OCs, anti-TB drugs, alcohol & folic acid antagonists e.g., aminopterin, MTX, pyrimethamine, trimethoprim & sulfonamides.

Presentation/ Packaging: Film-coated tablet 5 mg x 100’s

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