Citrux-C 250 mg (Chewable Tablet)

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Medicine Details

Category Details
Generic Vitamin c ascorbic acid
Company Nipro jmi pharma ltd

Title and Category

  • Ascorbic Acid (Citrux-C)
  • Vitamin-C Preparations

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
  • Aids in the treatment & prevention of the common cold
  • Promotes healthy capillaries, gums & teeth

Pharmacology

  • Essential nutrient required for tissue growth & repair
  • Supports adrenal gland function
  • Enhances immunity & healthy gums
  • Acts as an antioxidant to protect against pollution & infection
  • Necessary factor for wound healing
  • Supports drug metabolism & metabolism of cholesterol & folic acid
  • Supports healthy hair & skin
  • Strengthens the immune system

Dosage & Administration

  • Oral tablet administration
  • Oral sachet administration
  • Parenteral administration
  • Maximum safe dose is 2000 mg daily in divided doses
  • Maximum Dose: 2000 mg/day
  • Utilization of the vitamin reportedly best after IM administration

Potentially hazardous interactions

  • Incompatible in solution with certain medications

Useful interactions

  • Increases the apparent half-life of paracetamol
  • Enhances iron absorption from the gastrointestinal tract

Side Effects

  • Mega-doses may cause diarrhoea
  • Abdominal bloating
  • Harmful iron over-absorption in specific conditions
  • Hyperoxaluria
  • Hyperuricosuria
  • Hemolysis in patients with glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
  • Risk to pregnant women with high daily intake

Pregnancy & Lactation

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

Precautions & Warnings

  • Ingestion of megadose during pregnancy has resulted in scurvy in neonates
  • Mega-doses contraindicated for patients with hyperoxaluria
  • Citrux-C can give false positive reactions in certain analytical tests

Storage Conditions

  • Dry place below 30˚C

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