Meta Plus TR 150 mg+0.5 mg (Capsule (Timed Release))

Unit Price: ৳ 2.40 (50's pack: ৳ 120.00)

Medicine Details

Category Details
Generic Ferrous sulfate folic acid
Company Millat pharmaceuticals ltd

Indications

  • Haematinic preparation
  • Treatment of iron deficiency
  • Prophylaxis of iron deficiency
  • Treatment during pregnancy
  • Treatment during lactation

Description

  • Capsule preparation
  • Contains ferrous sulfate and folic acid
  • Timed release form
  • Prevents gastric side effects
  • Ensures maximum absorption of iron

Pharmacology

  • Essential for haemoglobin formation
  • Primarily absorbed from duodenum and upper jejunum
  • Ferrous salt form absorbed more readily than ferric salt form
  • Requirement in adult males
  • Requirement in menstruating females
  • Requirement in pregnancy
  • Importance in cell division
  • Adequate amount required for normal erythropoiesis
  • Deficiency causes megaloblastic anaemia

Dosage & Administration

  • 1 capsule a day
  • Throughout pregnancy
  • Throughout lactation
  • Higher dose for some patients

Interaction

  • Diminished absorption with tetracyclines
  • Diminished absorption with iron salts
  • Decreased absorption by magnesium trisilicate-containing antacid

Contraindications

  • Patients receiving repeated blood transfusions
  • Patients with non-iron deficiency anaemias
  • Contraindicated during pregnancy with tetracycline administration

Side Effects

  • Gastrointestinal irritation
  • Nausea
  • Epigastric pain

Precautions & Warnings

  • Chelates with antacid and tetracycline
  • Impaired absorption if taken concurrently with antacid and tetracycline
  • Tetracycline contraindicated during pregnancy

Overdose Effects

  • Epigastric pain
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Haematemesis
  • Circulatory collapse
  • Encephalopathy
  • Acute hepatic necrosis
  • Acute renal failure
  • Delayed excessive absorption of iron by timed release capsule
  • Treatment: gastric lavage, desferrioxamine administration, serum iron level monitoring, supportive and symptomatic measures

Therapeutic Class

  • Iron & Vitamin Combined preparations

Storage Conditions

  • Do not store above 25°C
  • Keep away from light
  • Keep away from wet place
  • Keep out of reach of children

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