Medicinal product "Folacin". Instructions for use
In one tablet of the preparation "Folacin" (instructionon application informs) contains five milligrams of folic acid - active active substance. Among the additional components: crospovidone, povidone, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose.
Available in packages of ten, twenty or thirty pieces.
The drug "Folacin" refers to the group of vitamin preparations.
Active active substance of the drug after ingestion can be converted into tetrahydrofolic acid, which, as a coenzyme, participates in metabolic processes.
The medicament in question is widely used inthe period of expectation of the child, because it protects the fetus from the factors damaging it. In addition, the preparation promotes optimum maturation and functioning of the placenta.
Pharmacological agent "Folacin", the instruction to which the principle of its action is considered in detail, is shown for application in the following cases:
- to prevent and treat shortages in the body of folic acid due to inadequate or unbalanced nutrition;
- for preventive and therapeutic purposesailments that have arisen as a result of a deficiency of folic acid (among them, such kinds of anemia as hyperchromic, macrocytic, megaloblast, sideroblastic, postresection);
- to prevent or treat anemia during fetal and lactation:
- in order to prevent the future child from having birth defects in development (among them, neural tube defects);
- in conditions of long-term administration of folic acid antagonists, like trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole (in the complex) and methotrexate;
- with prolonged anticonvulsant treatment with primidone, phenobarbital, phenytoin.
"Folacin" preparation, instructions for usefocuses on this particular attention, is contraindicated in case of intolerance of the components of the medication, with malignant neoplasms, pernicious anemia and lack of cobalamin.
The medicament in question is taken orally.
To treat anemia caused by a deficiency of folic acid, prescribe five milligrams daily for four months. In prophylactic purposes - for two and a half milligrams.
For the treatment of inflammatory diseases in the intestines and with malnutrition is shown by fifteen milligrams per day.
During the planning period of the child, future mothers are prescribed, as a rule, two and a half milligrams daily for at least a month before the alleged conception.
The preparation "Folacin" for men who want to becomefathers, is no less useful. Thanks to the intake of folic acid in the body of the stronger sex, the quality of their sperm is improved, namely, there are no defective spermatozoa with additional chromosomes or their deficiency. The above features are characteristic of a disease such as aneuploidy. Men taking this medication suffer from this ailment three to four times less often than those who do not.
The preparation "Folacin", the composition of which wasdiscussed above, can be shown in large doses, if the patient suffers from alcoholism, chronic infectious diseases, or takes anticonvulsant medications.
While taking this remedy, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, and bitterness in the mouth may develop. In addition, skin rashes, bronchospasms, erythema, itching are not excluded.
It is noted that with prolonged use of the considered drug (especially in large doses) there is a decrease in the blood content of vitamin B12.
The shelf life of the drug is five years.
