Ceevit 250 mg (Chewable Tablet)

Unit Price: ৳ 1.90 (25 x 10: ৳ 475.00)
Strip Price: ৳ 19.00

Medicine Details

Category Details
Generic Vitamin c ascorbic acid
Company Square pharmaceuticals plc
Also available as
Ceevit forte 1000 mg tablet Ceevit ds 500 mg chewable tablet Ceevit 100 mg syrup

Indications

  • Prevents & treats scurvy
  • Helps in healing wounds & broken bones
  • Helps to form collagen in connective tissues
  • Aids in iron absorption & helps to treat anemia
  • Contributes in production of hemoglobin & red blood cell in bone marrow
  • Aids in preventing many types of viral and bacterial infections and potentiates the immune system
  • Aids in the treatment & prevention of the common cold
  • Promotes healthy capillaries, gums & teeth

Pharmacology

  • Essential nutrient required for tissue growth & repair
  • Required for adrenal gland function
  • Enhances immunity & healthy gums
  • Acts as an antioxidant, providing protection against pollution & infection
  • Necessary factor for wound healing & drug metabolism
  • Supports healthy hair & skin
  • Strengthens the immune system

Dosage & Administration

  • Oral tablet administration for prevention of scurvy
  • Oral tablet administration for treatment of scurvy
  • Oral tablet administration for reduction of risk of stroke in the elderly
  • Oral tablet administration in other cases
  • Maximum safe dose of 2000 mg daily in divided doses
  • Oral sachet administration
  • Parenteral administration recommendations

Interaction

  • Potentially hazardous interactions with specific drugs
  • Useful interaction with paracetamol and iron absorption

Side Effects

  • Little toxicity with mega-doses causing specific side effects
  • Diarrhoea, abdominal bloating
  • Harmful iron over-absorption in specific patient conditions
  • Hyperoxaluria, hyperuricosuria, and hemolysis in specific patient conditions
  • Fetal abortion risk with high daily intake during pregnancy

Pregnancy & Lactation

  • Safe in normal doses for pregnant women
  • High daily intake reported to cause abortion
  • Safe to take during lactation

Precautions & Warnings

  • Ingestion of megadose during pregnancy resulted in neonatal scurvy
  • Contraindicated for patients with hyperoxaluria
  • Reactive substance causing false positive reactions in certain tests

Therapeutic Class

  • Vitamin-C Preparations

Storage Conditions

  • Store in a dry place below 30˚C

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