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Folic acid
اسید فولیک
🍼 Nutrition & supplementsVitamin B9
Market / country: 🇬🇧 UK
Folic acid 5 mg (GB)
🧮 Dose calculator
Folate deficiency / neural tube defect prevention · Regimen source: UK SmPC Folic acid 5 mg · 4.2
- • Malabsorption: up to 15 mg/day (adults). Child 1–18 y: same; maintenance 5 mg every 1–7 days. Exclude B12 deficiency before long-term use. UK SmPC Folic acid 5 mg · 4.2UK SmPC Folic acid 5 mg · 4.3
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🛡️ Safety & information
Contraindications
- ⛔ Long-term use with untreated B12 deficiency (pernicious anaemia); alone in B12 deficiency; malignancy (unless folate megaloblastic anaemia); hypersensitivity. UK SmPC Folic acid 5 mg · 4.3
Formulations
- 5 mg tablet — tablet 🇬🇧 UK UK SmPC Folic acid 5 mg · 2
📚 Reference status for this drug
Shows which sources have references recorded for this drug and which do not.
- FDA label (DailyMed)❌ Not present
- UK SmPC (eMC / MHRA)✅ PresentUK SmPC Folic acid 5 mg · 2UK SmPC Folic acid 5 mg · 4.2UK SmPC Folic acid 5 mg · 4.3
- Published guideline❌ Not present
- Licensed reference (medical school)❌ Not present
- Iranian leaflet (IFDA)❌ Not present
- Clinical review⚠ Unverified