B-9 100ml Syrup

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Pack size: 1 100ml bot | Price is for the whole 100ml bot

⚠ Prescription required. This medicine may only be dispensed against a valid prescription.

Generic: Folic Acid

Form: Syrup 2.5mg/5ml

Indication

Anemia, Nutritional supplement, Folic acid deficiency, Megaloblastic anemia, Neural tube defect

Administration

May be taken with or without food.

Adult Dose

Oral Folate-deficient megaloblastic anaemia Adult: 5 mg daily for 4 mth, up to 15 mg daily in malabsorption states. Continued dosing at 5 mg every 1-7 days may be needed in chronic haemolytic states, depending on the diet and rate of haemolysis. Prophylaxis of megaloblastic anaemia in pregnancy Adult: 0.2-0.5 mg daily. Prophylaxis of neural tube defect in pregnancy Adult: 4 or 5 mg daily starting before pregnancy and continued through the 1st trimester. As supplement for women of child-bearing potential Adult: 0.4 mg daily.

Child Dose

Folic Acid Deficiency Infants: 15 mcg/kg/day or 50 mcg/day 1-10 years: 1 mg/day initially, then 0.1-0.4 mg/day

Contraindication

This product is contraindicated in patients with a known hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients. Folic Acid is contraindicated in untreated cobalamine deficiency.

Mode of Action

Folic acid: Required for nucleoprotein synthesis and the maintenance of normal erythropoiesis; folic acid is converted in the liver and plasma to its metabolically active form, tetrahydrofolic acid, by dihydrofolate reductase; prevents neural tube defects in women of childbearing potential and higher doses required during pregnancy.