FOLSÄURE LOMAPHARM 5 mg tablets, 20 pcs

Instructions for use for FOLSÄURE LOMAPHARM 5 mg tablets, 20 pcs

Application notes

Adult

1 Tablet

1-3 times a day

for the meal

Application areas

Mode of action

How does the ingredient of the medicine work?

Folic acid belongs to the group of water -soluble vitamins and is therefore vital for the body. It is involved in many metabolic processes in the body, the structure of the cell and the formation of red blood cells.

Composition

Contradictions

What speaks against an application?

- Hypersensitivity to the ingredients
- Anemia with enlarged red blood cells (hyperchrome anemia)

What about pregnancy and lactation?
- Pregnancy: Contact your doctor. Various considerations play a role in whether and how the medicine can be used during pregnancy.
- Still -time: Contact your doctor or pharmacist. He will check your special starting position and advise you accordingly whether and how you can continue with breastfeeding.

If the medicine has been prescribed to you despite a counter -notification, speak to your doctor or pharmacist. The therapeutic benefit can be higher than the risk of using the application.

Side effects

What adverse effects may occur?

- Allergic reaction
- Inflammatory skin reddening (erythema)
- Itching (pruritus)
- Cramping of the bronchi
- Nausea
- Circulatory failure through an allergic reaction (anaphylactic shock)
- Sleep disorders
- Excitement
- Depression
- Disorder in the gastrointestinal tract

If you notice a disorder or change during treatment, contact your doctor or pharmacist.

For information at this point, side effects are taken into account that occurs in at least one of 1,000 patients treated.

Hints

What should you consider?
- Beware of an intolerance to lactose. If you have to adhere to a diabetes diet, you should take the sugar content into account.

Detailed instructions for FOLSÄURE LOMAPHARM 5 mg tablets, 20 pcs

Field of use

• The medicine is a vitamin.
• The medicine is used in the event of a lack of folic acid, which cannot be remedied dietetically.

Active ingredients / ingredients / ingredients

5 mg folic acid
Cellulose powder Hedge substance (+)
Lactose 1-water auxiliary substance (+)
Magnesium stair auxiliary material (+)
Silicium dioxide, high disperser auxiliary substance (+)
Talcum auxiliary material (+)

Contradictions

• The medicine is allowed are not taken,
  • if you are hypersensitive (allergic) against folic acid or one of the other components of the medicine.
  • The increase in young red blood cells (reticulocytes) caused by folic acid can mask a vitamin B12 deficiency. Due to the risk of irreversible neurological disorders, anemia must be ensured before the therapy of anemia due to disturbed development of red blood cells (megaloblast anemia) that the SE is not based on a vitamin B12 deficiency. The cause of a megaloblast anemia must be clarified before the start of therapy.

dosage

• Always take the medicine exactly according to the doctor's instruction.
• Please ask your doctor or pharmacist if you are not quite sure.
  • Unless otherwise prescribed by the doctor, the usual dose is
    • Depending on the need, 1 to 3 tablets per day (corresponding to 5 - 15 mg folic acid).
    • During pregnancy, the maximum daily dose is 5 mg.

 

• Duration of the application
  • The duration of the treatment depends on the extent of the folic acid lack and depends on the clinical image and, if necessary, based on the corresponding laboratory diagnostic measurement variables and is determined by the doctor for each patient.
  • In pregnancy, higher doses than 5 mg should be avoided daily.

 

• If you have taken a larger amount of the medicine than you should
  • If the higher dosage occasionally, no overdose symptoms can be expected.
  • In patients with seizures, however, there may be an increase in willingness to seize.
  • With high doses (over 15 mg per day and longer than 4 weeks), gastrointestinal disorders, sleep disorders, excitement or depression can occur. In these cases you should contact your doctor.

 

• If you have any further questions about the application of the drug, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

Taking

• The tablets are taken with some liquid for meals.

Patient information

• Particular caution when taking the medicine is required
  • Even in the event of life-threatening megaloblast anemia, a possible vitamin B12 deficiency must be excluded due to the risk of permanent damage to the nervous system before the start of therapy (securing serum and erythrocyte samples and determination of the vitamin B12 content).
  • There are no sufficient experiences about the use of a daily dose of more than 5 mg folic acid in pregnancy, so the maximum daily dose of 5 mg folic acid should not be exceeded.

Pregnancy

• Pregnancy and breast feeding period
  • No risks are known to a daily dose of 5 mg.
  • There are no sufficient experiences about the use of a daily dose of more than 5 mg folic acid in pregnancy, so the maximum daily dose of 5 mg folic acid should not be exceeded.
  • Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking all drugs.

Hints

Manufacturer:  LOMAPHARM GmbH, Langes Feld 5, 31860 Emmerthal