Hax 6 mg+200 mg+50 mg (Tablet)

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Medicine Details

Category Details
Generic Betacarotene vitamin c vitamin e
Company Hudson pharmaceuticals ltd

Title

  • Carocet Antioxidant Vitamin Tablet

Categories

  • Medicine
  • Health
  • Dietary Supplements
  • Vitamins
  • Pharmacology
  • Antioxidants

Description

  • An antioxidant vitamin combination used in the prevention of coronary heart diseases
  • Protects against free radical damage caused by excessive exercise, illness, smoke, radiation, and pesticides
  • Contains beta carotene, vitamin C, and vitamin E
  • Administered orally
  • Adult dose is 1 tablet daily or as prescribed by a physician
  • Contraindicated in patients with hypersensitivity to any of its components
  • Can cause temporary yellowish skin discoloration in individuals with excessive carotenoid intake
  • Storage conditions: dry place below 30˚C

Dimensions

  • Tablet form

Color Options

  • Not applicable

Functions

  • Prevents free radical formation
  • Scavenges free radicals in the blood
  • Acts as a reducing agent in living tissues
  • Has anti-cancer activity
  • Supports tissue differentiation and immunological response
  • Increases white blood cell activity
  • Plays important roles in the biochemistry of antibodies, prostaglandin, and lymphocytes
  • Enhances iron absorption in high doses
  • Acts as a defense against oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation
  • Important in the defense against infection
  • Has anti-inflammatory activity
  • Protects cells against oxidation of essential molecules
  • Enhances the anticoagulant activity of anticoagulant drugs
  • Increases resistance to bacterial infection

Materials

  • Not applicable

Technical Specifications

  • Beta carotene is converted to vitamin A when required
  • Vitamin C is important for the normal functioning of T-lymphocyte and leukocyte
  • Tocopherol mops up peroxide radicals and needs a supply of reduced hydrogen to restore the steady-state situation

Design Elements

  • Not applicable

Usability Features

  • Suitable for adults
  • Not suitable for individuals with hypersensitivity to any of its components
  • Not suitable for heavy smokers and alcoholics
  • Should be given with caution to patients with hyperoxaluria
  • Should be used with caution in patients taking anticoagulant drugs

Dosage & Administration

  • Administered orally
  • Adult dose is 1 tablet daily or as prescribed by a physician

Interaction

  • Cholestyramine, Colestipol, Neomycin cause decreased absorption of beta carotene
  • Circulating vitamin C levels have been shown to be reduced during prolonged administration of certain oral contraceptives and drugs like Tetracycline and Aspirin
  • Vitamin E may enhance the anticoagulant activity of specific drugs
  • High doses of vitamin E can impair intestinal absorption of vitamins A and K

Contraindications

  • Hypersensitivity to any of its components

Side Effects

  • Temporary yellowish skin discoloration in excessive carotenoid intake
  • Gastrointestinal tract upset and renal stone formation in larger doses of vitamin C
  • Diarrhoea, abdominal pain or cramps, fatigue, reduced resistance to bacterial infection, and transiently raised blood pressure in doses over 800mg of vitamin E

Pregnancy & Lactation

  • No teratogenic effects for beta carotene, vitamin C, and vitamin E in humans
  • Caution should be taken in prescribing to pregnant women

Precautions & Warnings

  • Caution should be exercised in prescribing beta carotene to heavy smokers and alcoholics
  • Vitamin C should be given with caution to patients with hyperoxaluria
  • Vitamin E should be used with caution in patients taking anticoagulant drugs

Therapeutic Class

  • Anti-oxidant Multivitamin preparations

Storage Conditions

  • Dry place below 30˚C

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