Ferrous Ascorbate 100mg and Folic Acid 1.5mg Tablets

Overview

Ferrous ascorbate with folic acid treats and prevents iron-deficiency anaemia, and is widely used in pregnancy care in India on medical advice.

Recommendations

• For the correct dose and duration, connect with the relevant medical authority or your doctor. Do not change the dose yourself.
• Iron absorbs best away from meals, but taking it with food is acceptable if it upsets your stomach.
• Avoid tea, coffee, and milk within a couple of hours of the tablet - they block iron absorption.

Do's

• Expect dark stools - that is normal with iron.
• Keep strictly away from children; iron overdose is dangerous to them.
• Continue the advised duration; anaemia correction takes time.

Don'ts

• Do not take it together with calcium tablets or antacids.
• Do not self-treat tiredness with iron without a blood test.
• Do not exceed the stated amount.

Others

A staple of anaemia and antenatal programmes in India.

Overview

Ferrous ascorbate with folic acid treats and prevents iron-deficiency anaemia, and is widely used in pregnancy care in India on medical advice.

Recommendations

• For the correct dose and duration, connect with the relevant medical authority or your doctor. Do not change the dose yourself.
• Iron absorbs best away from meals, but taking it with food is acceptable if it upsets your stomach.
• Avoid tea, coffee, and milk within a couple of hours of the tablet - they block iron absorption.

Do's

• Expect dark stools - that is normal with iron.
• Keep strictly away from children; iron overdose is dangerous to them.
• Continue the advised duration; anaemia correction takes time.

Don'ts

• Do not take it together with calcium tablets or antacids.
• Do not self-treat tiredness with iron without a blood test.
• Do not exceed the stated amount.

Others

Iron-folic combinations are used across Europe in pregnancy and deficiency, usually after a confirmed blood test.

Overview

Ferrous ascorbate with folic acid treats and prevents iron-deficiency anaemia, and is widely used in pregnancy care in India on medical advice.

Recommendations

• For the correct dose and duration, connect with the relevant medical authority or your doctor. Do not change the dose yourself.
• Iron absorbs best away from meals, but taking it with food is acceptable if it upsets your stomach.
• Avoid tea, coffee, and milk within a couple of hours of the tablet - they block iron absorption.

Do's

• Expect dark stools - that is normal with iron.
• Keep strictly away from children; iron overdose is dangerous to them.
• Continue the advised duration; anaemia correction takes time.

Don'ts

• Do not take it together with calcium tablets or antacids.
• Do not self-treat tiredness with iron without a blood test.
• Do not exceed the stated amount.

Others

Available in the USA as supplements; accidental iron overdose in children carries an explicit FDA warning.