FOLIC ACID (Vitrexate) Nursing Considerations

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What is the generic name?

FOLIC ACID

What is the Trade Name for FOLIC ACID?

Vitrexate

What are the Indications for FOLIC ACID?

  • INDICATIONS: To provide vitamin supplements to men and women. Folic acid is effective in the treatment of megaloblastic anemias due to a deficiency of folic acid (as may be seen in tropical or nontropical sprue) and in anemias of nutritional origin, pregnancy, infancy, or childhood.

 

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References: https://open.fda.gov/

 

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