Drug information
Vitamin C 100 mg (VITACEE)
Indications
- Treatment and prophylaxis of vitamin C deficiency.
- Prophylaxis of scurvy. Click to listen highlighted text! Indications - Treatment and prophylaxis of vitamin C deficiency. - Prophylaxis of scurvy.
Contraindications and precautions
- Do not take this medication with Aspirin, Nicotine, Iron, Phenytoin, Tetracycline, and alcoholic beverages.
- Not intended for long-term use.
- Use this medication cautiously in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, and patients with renal disease. Click to listen highlighted text! Contraindications and precautions - Do not take this medication with Aspirin, Nicotine, Iron, Phenytoin, Tetracycline, and alcoholic beverages. - Not intended for long-term use. - Use this medication cautiously in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, and patients with renal disease.
Recommendations of drug use
Long-term administration of vitamin C may lead to precipitation of cysteine, urate, or oxalate stones in the kidney. So you should be careful of long-term administration of high doses of vitamin C. Click to listen highlighted text! Recommendations of drug use Long-term administration of vitamin C may lead to precipitation of cysteine, urate, or oxalate stones in the kidney. So you should be careful of long-term administration of high doses of vitamin C.
Adverse Reactions
- This medication may cause gastrointestinal effects such as stomachache, nausea, vomiting, colic, diarrhea.
- This medication may cause nephrolithiasis and hemolysis in some patients. Click to listen highlighted text! Adverse Reactions - This medication may cause gastrointestinal effects such as stomachache, nausea, vomiting, colic, diarrhea. - This medication may cause nephrolithiasis and hemolysis in some patients.
Drug storage
Store in a dry place protected from heat or light; in original container. Click to listen highlighted text! Drug storage Store in a dry place protected from heat or light; in original container.
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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