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Vitamin C 250mg Chewable Tablet

Generic: Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)

Type: Tablet

Pack Size: 10 Pcs

Vitamin C [Ascorbic acid] 250mg

  • Treatment or prevention of Vitamin C deficiency (Scurvy)
  • Infections
  • Trauma
  • Burns
  • Cold exposure
  • Following Surgery
  • Common cold
  • Fever
  • Stress
  • Cancer
  • Methaemoglobinaemia
  • Children receiving unfortified formulas
  • Also indicated in Hematuria, Dental Caries, Gum Diseases, Pyorrhea, Acne, Infertility, Atherosclerosis, Fractures, Leg ulcers, Hay fever, Vascular thrombosis prevention, Levodopa toxicity, Arsenic toxicity.

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✅ Description:

Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid): Found in citrus fruits, berries, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, and spinach. Available as oral supplements in the form of capsules and chewable tablets.

  • Nutrient Importance: Essential for forming blood vessels, cartilage, muscles, and collagen in bones.
  • Healing Process: Vital for the body's healing process.
  • Antioxidant Properties: Protects cells against free radicals, which are associated with diseases like heart disease and cancer.
  • Iron Absorption: Facilitates the absorption and storage of iron in the body.

Deficiency and Scurvy:

  • Deficiency may occur in people who smoke, are exposed to secondhand smoke, have certain gastrointestinal conditions or cancers, or have a limited diet lacking fruits and vegetables.
  • Severe deficiency leads to scurvy, causing anemia, bleeding gums, bruising, and poor wound healing.

Recommended Daily Amount:

  • 90 milligrams for adult men
  • 75 milligrams for adult women

Research Findings:

  1. Cancer: A diet rich in fruits and vegetables may lower cancer risk, but the role of vitamin C supplements is unclear.
  2. Common Cold: Oral vitamin C supplements do not prevent or significantly reduce the duration or severity of the common cold.
  3. Eye Diseases: Supplements, along with other vitamins and minerals, may prevent the worsening of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Higher dietary vitamin C may lower the risk of cataracts.
  • Generally safe at appropriate doses.
  • Side effects may include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, heartburn, stomach cramps, bloating, fatigue, sleepiness, insomnia, headache, and skin flushing.
  • High doses may lead to kidney stones and other significant side effects.
  • Inform your doctor before medical tests, as high vitamin C levels can interfere with certain test results.

Interacts with Desferrioxamine, hormonal contraceptives, fluphenazine, warfarin, elemental iron, salicylates, fluphenazine, disulfiram, mexiletine, and vitamin B12.

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✔️ Uses of Vitamin C 250mg Chewable Tablet

Scurvy

✔️ How does Vitamin C 250mg Chewable Tablet work?

Vitamin C, an antioxidant is crucial for tissue growth and repair throughout the body. It plays a key role in the production of collagen, a vital protein essential for the formation of skin, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, and blood vessels. Additionally, vitamin C is necessary for wound healing and the maintenance of bones and teeth.

✔️ Side Effects of Vitamin C 250mg Chewable Tablet
  • Flushing, Flank pain, Faintness, headache
  • Diarrhea, dyspepsia, nausea, vomiting
  • Hyperoxaluria (large doses)
✔️ Quick Suggestions:
  • Growth and Repair: Essential for the growth and repair of tissues throughout the body.
  • Collagen Formation: Forms collagen, a crucial protein for skin, tendons, ligaments, and blood vessels.
  • Wound Healing: Heals wounds and forms scar tissue.
  • Cartilage, Bone, and Teeth Maintenance: Repairs and maintains cartilage, bones, and teeth.
  • Iron Absorption: Aids in the absorption of iron.
  • Antioxidant Properties: Acts as an antioxidant, blocking damage caused by free radicals.
  • Free Radicals: Produced during food breakdown, tobacco smoke, or radiation exposure.
  • Aging Process: Accumulation of free radicals contributes to the aging process.
  • Health Conditions: Free radicals may play a role in conditions like cancer, heart disease, and arthritis.

Storage and Regular Intake:

  • The body does not produce or store vitamin C.
  • Regular intake through diet is crucial to maintain adequate levels.

Common Cold and Vitamin C:

  • Prevention: Research indicates that vitamin C supplements or vitamin C-rich foods do not reduce the risk of getting the common cold for most people.
  • Symptom Duration: Regular vitamin C intake might slightly shorten colds or reduce symptom severity.
  • Post-Onset: Taking a vitamin C supplement after a cold starts does not appear to be helpful.
✔️ Indication

Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin. It is needed for normal growth and development.

✔️ Pharmacology

Necessary for collagen formation and tissue repair; plays a role in oxidation/reduction reactions and other metabolic pathways, including the synthesis of catecholamines, carnitine, and steroids; also plays a role in the conversion of folic acid to folinic acid.

✔️ Dosage & Administration of Vitamin C 250mg Chewable Tablet

Adult Dose:

  • Oral Scurvy:
    • Prevention: 25-75 mg daily. 4 tablets 2 to 3 times daily.
    • Treatment: >250 mg daily, given in divided doses. May also be given via IM/IV/SC admin.
  • Thalassemia: 100-200 mg daily, to be given with desferrioxamine.
  • Common cold: 1 gm or more daily in divided doses, i.e. 4 tablets daily.
  • In wound healing: 2-4 tablets 2 to 3 times daily.
  • For the reduction of the risk of stroke in the elderly: 1-2 tablets daily.

Child Dose:

  • Children:
    • 1 mth-4 yr: 125-250 mg daily
    • 4-12 yr: 250-500 mg daily
    • 12-18 yr: 500 mg-1 g daily.
    • Doses to be given in 1-2 divided doses.
  • Thalassaemia Child: 100-200 mg daily, to be given with desferrioxamine.
  • Metabolic disorders Child: Neonate: 50-200 mg daily, adjust if needed; 1 mth-18 yr: 200-400 mg daily in 1-2 divided doses, up to 1 g daily may be needed.

May be taken with or without food.

✔️ Interaction
  • Aluminum: Increases absorption, potentially harmful for those with kidney problems.
  • Chemotherapy: Concerns that antioxidants, including vitamin C, might reduce chemotherapy drug effectiveness.
  • Estrogen: May increase estrogen levels when taken with oral contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy.
  • Protease Inhibitors: Oral vitamin C may reduce the effectiveness of these antiviral drugs.
  • Statins and Niacin: Effects of niacin and statins may be reduced when taken with vitamin C.
  • Warfarin (Jantoven): High doses might reduce the response to this anticoagulant.
✔️ Contraindications
  1. Blood illnesses: Vitamin C supplementation is not recommended for blood illnesses such as thalassemia, G6PD deficiency, sickle cell disease, and hemochromatosis.
  2. Angioplasty: Supplements should not be taken immediately before or after angioplasty.
  3. Diabetes: Vitamin C supplements should be used with caution by diabetics as it may elevate blood sugar levels.
  4. Oxalate Nephropathy or Nephrolithiasis: Vitamin C should be administered with caution in these conditions as ascorbic acid enhances the possibilities of cysteine, urate, and oxalate stones forming.
✔️ Pregnancy & Lactation
  • The drug is considered safe in normal doses during pregnancy.
  • However, a daily intake of 5 gm or more is reported to have caused abortion.
  • The drug may be taken safely during lactation.
✔️ Precautions & Warnings
  1. Neonatal Scurvy: Linked to megadoses of vitamin C (greater than 1000 mg daily) consumed during pregnancy.
  2. Hyperoxaluria: Patients with hyperoxaluria should avoid taking megadoses of vitamin C.
  3. False Positive Results: Vitamin C, being a reactive chemical in the redox system, can cause false positive results in tests for glucose, uric acid, creatine, and occult blood.
✔️ Storage Conditions

Should be stored in a dry place below 30˚C.

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