Vital-C 250 mg (Chewable Tablet)

Unit Price: ৳ 1.90 (10 x 10: ৳ 190.00)
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Medicine Details

Category Details
Generic Vitamin c ascorbic acid
Company Unimed unihealth pharmaceuticals ltd
Also available as
Vital c 500 mg chewable tablet Vital c 1000 mg tablet

Title

  • Ascorbic Acid (Vital-C)

Categories

  • Medicine
  • Vitamin C
  • Supplement

Description

  • Essential nutrient for tissue growth & repair
  • Enhances immunity
  • Required for wound healing
  • Supports healthy hair & skin

Color Options

  • No specific color options available

Functions

  • 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 viral and bacterial infections
  • Aids in the treatment & prevention of the common cold
  • Promotes healthy capillaries, gums & teeth
  • Enhanced immunity
  • Tissue growth & repair
  • Antioxidant properties
  • Coenzyme for wound healing
  • Drug metabolism
  • Supports overall good health

Dosage & Administration

  • Oral tablets
  • Oral sachets
  • Parenteral administration
  • Maximum safe dose is 2000 mg daily

Indications

  • Prevention & treatment of scurvy
  • Healing wounds & broken bones
  • Forming collagen in connective tissues
  • Aiding in iron absorption & treating anemia
  • Contribution to production of hemoglobin & red blood cell in bone marrow
  • Prevention of viral and bacterial infections
  • Treatment & prevention of the common cold
  • Promotion of healthy capillaries, gums & teeth

Pharmacology

  • Essential nutrient obtained from diet or supplements
  • Required for tissue growth & repair
  • Enhanced immunity & healthy gums
  • Antioxidant properties
  • Coenzyme for wound healing & drug metabolism
  • Supports healthy hair & skin

Interaction

  • Potentially hazardous interactions with certain drugs
  • Useful interaction with paracetamol & iron absorption

Side Effects

  • Possible side effects include diarrhoea, abdominal bloating, iron over-absorption, hyperoxaluria, hyperuricosuria, hemolysis
  • Mega-doses may cause fetal abortion in pregnant women

Pregnancy & Lactation

  • Safe in normal doses for pregnant women
  • Daily intake of 5 gm or more may cause abortion
  • Safe during lactation

Precautions & Warnings

  • Ingestion of megadose during pregnancy may result in neonatal scurvy
  • Contraindicated for patients with hyperoxaluria
  • May give false positive reactions in certain analytical tests

Therapeutic Class

  • Vitamin-C Preparations

Storage Conditions

  • Dry place below 30˚C

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