Mega-C 250 mg (Chewable Tablet)
Unit Price: ৳ 1.31 (200's pack: ৳ 262.00)
Medicine Details
Category | Details |
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Generic | Vitamin c ascorbic acid |
Company | Edruc limited |
Also available as |
Title
- Ascorbic Acid (Mega-C)
Categories
- Vitamin-C Preparations
Description
- 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
- Potentiates the immune system
- Aids in the treatment & prevention of the common cold
- Promotes healthy capillaries, gums & teeth
- Required for tissue growth & repair
- Adrenal gland function
- Enhanced immunity & healthy gums
- Antioxidant, gives protection against harmful pollution & infection
- Reduces cellular damage
- Necessary factor for wound healing, drug metabolism & metabolism of cholesterol & folic acid
- Supports healthy hair & skin
- Strengthens the immune system
- Maintain overall good health
- Recommended oral tablet dosage for scurvy prevention: 1 tablet daily
- Recommended oral tablet dosage for scurvy treatment: 1-2 tablets daily
- Maximum safe dose of 2000 mg daily in divided doses
- Recommended oral sachet administration: 1 sachet daily
- Maximum sachets per day: 4 sachets
- Parenteral administration options: IM, IV, subcutaneously
- Optimal protective dose for adults: 70-150 mg daily
- Recommended dose for scurvy: 300 mg to 1 g daily
- Optimal dose for wound healing: 300 to 500 mg daily for preoperative and postoperative periods
- Visual inspection of parenteral products for particulate matter and discoloration
- Potentially hazardous interactions with specific medications
- Useful interactions with paracetamol and iron absorption
- Possible side effects: diarrhoea, abdominal bloating, iron over-absorption, hyperoxaluria, hyperuricosuria, hemolysis
- Potential risks in patients with thalassaemia, sideroblastic anemia, haemochromatosis, glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
- Potential abortion risk with daily intake over 5 gm in pregnant women
- Safe normal doses for pregnant women and lactating mothers
- Precautions for megadose ingestion during pregnancy
- Contraindicated for patients with hyperoxaluria
- May cause false positive reactions in glucose, uric acid, creatine, and occult blood tests
- Storage conditions: Dry place below 30˚C
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