Folic Acid
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Synonyms / Brand Names: Folate, PGA, Pteroyl-L-glutamic acid, Pteroyl-L-monoglutamic acid, Pteroylglutamic acid, Pteroylmonoglutamic acid, Vitamin M, Vitamin Be, Vitamin Bc, Vitamin B9, Acifolic, Apo-Folic, Cytofol, Dosfolat B activ, Folacid, Folacin, Folbal, Folcidin, Foldine, Folettes, Foliamin, Folicet, Folipac, Folsan, Folsaure, Folsav, Folvite, Folvron, Incafolic, Millafol
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Dosing and Administration
General dosage
Adults and children
Up to 1 mg/day. Resistant cases may require larger doses; except during pregnancy and lactation, do not give therapeutic doses greater than 0.4 mg daily until pernicious anemia has been ruled out. May need to be increased in alcoholism, hemolytic anemia, anticonvulsant therapy, or chronic infection.
Maintenance of Dose
Adults and children 4 yr of age and older
0.4 mg/day.
Pregnant and lactating women
0.8 mg/day
Children younger than 4 yr of age
Up to 0.3 mg/day.
Infants
0.1 mg/day.
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The content of this page is taken from the FDA package insert for this drug and should not be edited.
Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content
Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
