Drug information
FBC - Vitamins & Minerals
-Ferrous Fumarate 200 mg
-Vitamin B1 (Thiamine mononitrate) 2 mg
-Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 2 mg
-Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin) 5 mcg
-Nicotinic acid (Niacin) 10 mg
- Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid) 20 mg
- Folic acid 100 mcg
- Calcium phosphate tribasic 100 mg
Indications
Prophylaxis of Iron deficiency or anaemia. Click to listen highlighted text! Indications Prophylaxis of Iron deficiency or anaemia.
Contraindications and precautions
Do not use this medication in patients with thalassemia. Click to listen highlighted text! Contraindications and precautions Do not use this medication in patients with thalassemia.
Recommendations of drug use
- Take this medication after meals immediately to reduce any stomach discomfort that it may cause.
- You should avoid taking Iron with antacids or milk because they could reduce the absorption of Iron.
But if you take Iron with the orange juice, it could increase the absorption of Iron.
- During treatment, this medication may cause your stool to change to a darker colour (black stool) because of the colour of Iron. This is harmless. Click to listen highlighted text! Recommendations of drug use - Take this medication after meals immediately to reduce any stomach discomfort that it may cause. - You should avoid taking Iron with antacids or milk because they could reduce the absorption of Iron. But if you take Iron with the orange juice, it could increase the absorption of Iron. - During treatment, this medication may cause your stool to change to a darker colour (black stool) because of the colour of Iron. This is harmless.
Adverse Reactions
This medication may cause adverse reactions such as chest pain, hypertension/hypotension, cardiac arrhythmia, swelling of the arms and legs, syncope, facial flushing, itchy rash or urticaria, nausea, vomiting, stomach discomfort, constipation, diarrhea, black or tarry stools. Click to listen highlighted text! Adverse Reactions This medication may cause adverse reactions such as chest pain, hypertension/hypotension, cardiac arrhythmia, swelling of the arms and legs, syncope, facial flushing, itchy rash or urticaria, nausea, vomiting, stomach discomfort, constipation, diarrhea, black or tarry stools.
Drug storage
Store in a dry place in sealed container protected from light. Click to listen highlighted text! Drug storage Store in a dry place in sealed container protected from light.
The above information is drug information used for patient self-care only.
If you have any inquiries, please ask your physicians or pharmacists. Click to listen highlighted text! The above information is drug information used for patient self-care only. If you have any inquiries, please ask your physicians or pharmacists.
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-Ferrous Fumarate In: In Depth Answers [database on the Internet]. Greenwood Village (CO): IBM Corporation; 2020 [cited 2021 Feb 8]. Available from: www.micromedexsolutions.com. Subscription required to view..
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