Cevion 1000 mg (Effervescent Tablet)

Unit Price: ৳ 8.08 (1 x 10: ৳ 80.82)
Strip Price: ৳ 80.82

Medicine Details

Category Details
Generic Vitamin c ascorbic acid
Company Healthcare pharmaceuticals ltd

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 for tissue growth & repair
  • Required for adrenal gland function
  • Enhances immunity & healthy gums
  • Antioxidant protection against pollution and infection
  • Coenzyme necessary for wound healing and drug metabolism
  • Supports healthy hair & skin
  • Strengthens the immune system

Dosage & Administration

  • Oral tablet administration
  • Oral sachet administration
  • Maximum safe dose is 2000 mg daily in divided doses
  • Parenteral administration
  • Utilization of the vitamin is best after IM administration
  • Dilution into a large volume parenteral for intravenous injection
  • Average protective dose of vitamin C for adults is 70 to 150 mg daily
  • Doses around 300 mg to 1 g daily are recommended in the presence of scurvy
  • Doses of 300 to 500 mg daily for wound healing
  • Parenteral drug products should be inspected visually for particulate matter and discoloration prior to administration

Interaction

  • Incompatible in solution with certain medications
  • Increases the apparent half-life of paracetamol
  • Enhances iron absorption from the gastrointestinal tract

Side Effects

  • Mega-doses may cause diarrhea
  • Abdominal bloating
  • Harmful iron over-absorption in certain conditions
  • Hyperoxaluria
  • Hyperuricosuria
  • Hemolysis in patients with glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
  • Abortion risk with intake of 5 gm/day by pregnant women

Pregnancy & Lactation

  • Safe in normal doses for pregnant women
  • Intake of 5 gm or more reported to have caused abortion
  • Safe during lactation

Precautions & Warnings

  • Ingestion of megadose during pregnancy has resulted in scurvy in neonates
  • Megadose has been contraindicated for patients with hyperoxaluria
  • Can give false positive reactions in certain analytical tests

Therapeutic Class

  • Vitamin-C Preparations

Storage Conditions

  • Dry place below 30˚C

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