IndicationsNicotinamide (also called niacinamide, a form of vitamin B3) is used to prevent and treat vitamin B3 deficiency, including pellagra, which causes a rough rash on sun-exposed skin, diarrhoea and confusion. It is a common part of B-complex…
IndicationsPyridoxine (vitamin B6) is used to prevent and treat vitamin B6 deficiency, which can happen with poor diet, alcohol use, and some medicines such as Isoniazid. It is used to prevent nerve problems in people taking Isoniazid for…
IndicationsRiboflavin (vitamin B2) is used to prevent and treat riboflavin deficiency, which can cause cracks and sores at the corners of the mouth, a sore red tongue, sore lips and eye irritation. Deficiency is more likely with poor…
IndicationsVitamin B1 (thiamine) is used to prevent and treat thiamine deficiency. Deficiency can happen with poor diet, heavy alcohol use, long-term vomiting, some stomach or bowel conditions, and kidney dialysis. Severe deficiency causes beriberi (heart and nerve problems)…
IndicationsPantothenic acid (vitamin B5) is used to prevent and treat vitamin B5 deficiency, which is rare and usually happens together with other B vitamin deficiencies from poor diet or alcohol use. It is most often found as part…
IndicationsVitamin A (retinol) is used to prevent and treat vitamin A deficiency, which causes night blindness, dry eyes that can lead to blindness, dry rough skin and a higher risk of infections. Health programmes give high-dose vitamin A…
IndicationsVitamin C (ascorbic acid) is used to prevent and treat vitamin C deficiency, including scurvy, which causes bleeding and swollen gums, easy bruising, tiredness, joint pain and slow wound healing. It is used when needs are higher, such…
IndicationsPrevention and treatment of vitamin D deficiency, which is common in people who get little sunlight, cover most of their skin, have darker skin, are older, are overweight, or have gut or liver problems.Rickets in children and osteomalacia…
IndicationsAscorbic acid is the chemical name of vitamin C. It is used to:Prevent and treat vitamin C deficiency and scurvy (bleeding gums, easy bruising, tiredness and poor wound healing).Meet higher needs during infection, after surgery, burns or injury,…
IndicationsCalcium Pantothenate (a form of vitamin B5, pantothenic acid) is used to prevent and treat vitamin B5 deficiency, which is rare and usually happens alongside other B vitamin deficiencies from poor diet or alcohol use. It is a…
IndicationsCupric sulphate (copper sulphate) is a source of copper, a trace mineral the body needs in very small amounts. It is mainly found as an ingredient of multivitamin and mineral supplements, used to prevent or correct nutritional deficiencies,…
IndicationsCyanocobalamin is a form of vitamin B12. It is used to prevent and treat vitamin B12 deficiency, which can cause anaemia, tiredness, a sore tongue, numbness or tingling in the hands and feet, memory problems and low mood.…
IndicationsFerrous sulphate is an iron supplement. It is used to:Treat iron deficiency anaemia (low haemoglobin caused by too little iron), which causes tiredness, weakness, pale skin and shortness of breath.Prevent iron deficiency when needs are high, such as…
IndicationsFolic acid (vitamin B9) is used to:Prevent neural tube defects (serious birth defects of the brain and spine) when taken before and in early pregnancy.Treat and prevent anaemia caused by folate deficiency (megaloblastic anaemia).Meet higher needs in pregnancy,…
IndicationsManganese sulphate is a source of manganese, a trace mineral the body needs in very small amounts. It is mainly found as an ingredient of multivitamin and mineral supplements and some bone and joint products, used to help…
IndicationsPotassium iodide is a source of iodine. It is used in supplements to prevent iodine deficiency and goitre (an enlarged thyroid gland), especially during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Only on official instruction, it is also used to protect the…
IndicationsPotassium sulphate is a source of potassium. It is found as an ingredient of some multivitamin and mineral supplements. It is also one of the salts in some bowel-cleansing solutions (together with Sodium Sulphate and Magnesium Sulphate) used…
IndicationsVitamin E (tocopherol) is used to prevent and treat vitamin E deficiency. Deficiency is uncommon and usually happens in people who cannot absorb fat properly, for example with long-term liver or pancreas disease, cystic fibrosis or after some…
IndicationsZinc Sulphate is used together with oral rehydration salts (ORS) to treat acute diarrhoea in children, where it shortens the illness and lowers the chance of another episode in the following months. It is also used to prevent…
IndicationsBiotin (vitamin B7, also called vitamin H) is used to prevent and treat biotin deficiency, which is rare. It can happen with long-term tube or drip feeding without vitamins, some inherited enzyme disorders, long use of some anticonvulsants,…
IndicationsBoron is a trace mineral found in some bone, joint and multivitamin supplements, often together with Calcium, Magnesium and Vitamin D. It is used as part of these products to support bone and joint health. The evidence for…
IndicationsCalcium is used to:Prevent and treat calcium deficiency when diet does not provide enough.Support treatment of osteoporosis (weak bones) and osteomalacia, usually together with vitamin D.Meet higher needs during pregnancy, breastfeeding, growth and old age.Treat low blood calcium…
IndicationsChromium is a trace mineral the body needs in very small amounts. It is mostly found in multivitamin and mineral supplements, used to support general nutrition and to prevent deficiency. True chromium deficiency is rare and mainly seen…
IndicationsCopper is an essential trace mineral. It is included in many multivitamin and mineral supplements to help meet daily needs, and is used to prevent or treat copper deficiency. Deficiency is uncommon but can happen after stomach or…
IndicationsElemental iron is the actual amount of iron supplied by an iron salt (such as Ferrous Sulfate, Ferrous Fumarate or an iron polymaltose complex). It is used to prevent and treat iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia, for…
IndicationsIodine is a trace mineral found in multivitamin, prenatal and thyroid-support supplements, usually as Potassium Iodide. It is used to prevent iodine deficiency, which can cause goitre (a swollen thyroid gland) and slow thyroid function, and to meet…
IndicationsLutein is a natural yellow pigment (carotenoid) found in green leafy vegetables, maize and egg yolk. As a supplement, usually together with Zeaxanthin, it is used to support eye health and to help slow the progress of age-related…
IndicationsPrevention and treatment of low blood magnesium, which can result from long-lasting diarrhoea, alcohol misuse, poorly controlled diabetes, water tablets (diuretics) or long-term use of acid-reducing medicines such as Omeprazole.As part of multivitamin and mineral supplements.Doctors sometimes recommend…
IndicationsManganese is an essential trace mineral. It is included in multivitamin and mineral supplements, in some bone and joint supplements, and in drip feeding solutions for people who cannot eat. True deficiency is rare, because most diets provide…
IndicationsMolybdenum is a trace mineral (needed by the body in very small amounts). It is mainly found as one ingredient of multivitamin and mineral supplements, and in intravenous nutrition for people who cannot eat. Deficiency is very rare…
IndicationsNiacin (vitamin B3, also called nicotinic acid) is found mainly in B-complex and multivitamin products, used to prevent and treat niacin deficiency. Severe deficiency causes pellagra, with a rough rash on sun-exposed skin, diarrhoea and confusion. In higher…
IndicationsNickel is a trace element included in small amounts in some multivitamin and mineral supplements. It has no established use as a medicine on its own, and no deficiency illness has been shown in people, because normal food…
IndicationsPhosphorus is an essential mineral, taken as phosphate. As a medicine or supplement it is used:To prevent and treat low blood phosphate (hypophosphataemia), for example after poor nutrition, alcohol misuse, long-term antacid use, or some kidney and bone…
IndicationsPotassium is an essential mineral and body salt (electrolyte). In medicines it is found:As a minor ingredient of many multivitamin and multimineral supplements, used to support general nutrition.As potassium salts (for example potassium chloride) used to prevent or…
IndicationsSelenium is a trace mineral. It is used to prevent and treat selenium deficiency, which can happen with poor diet in low-selenium areas, long-term drip feeding, kidney dialysis and some bowel diseases. It is often included in multivitamin…
IndicationsSilicon is a trace mineral found in grains, oats, vegetables and drinking water. It is included, often as silica, in supplements for hair, skin, nails and bones. Evidence that it improves these is limited, and it is not…
IndicationsTin is a trace mineral found in small amounts in food. In medicines it appears only as a minor ingredient of some multivitamin and multimineral supplements, which are used to support general nutrition, for example during illness, recovery,…
IndicationsVanadium is a trace mineral included in small amounts in some multivitamin and mineral supplements. It is sometimes promoted for blood sugar control, but this has not been proven, and it must never replace diabetes treatment prescribed by…
Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) helps the body absorb calcium for strong bones and muscles. It is used to prevent and treat vitamin D deficiency, rickets in children and soft bones (osteomalacia), and alongside calcium in osteoporosis. How to take…
IndicationsVitamin K (Phytomenadione, vitamin K1) is used to prevent and treat bleeding caused by low vitamin K. This includes vitamin K deficiency bleeding in newborn babies, bleeding or a very high INR in people taking Warfarin or similar…
Zinc is a mineral the body needs for growth, healing and immunity. Given with oral saline (ORS), it shortens diarrhoea in children and lowers the chance of it coming back. It is also used to treat zinc deficiency.…
Calcium carbonate is a calcium supplement. It is used to prevent and treat low calcium, to support bone health in osteoporosis (often together with vitamin D), and to meet the extra calcium needs of pregnancy and breastfeeding. It…
IndicationsDibasic calcium phosphate (listed in some products as diabasic calcium phosphate) supplies both calcium and phosphorus. It is used to prevent and treat calcium and phosphorus deficiency, and to support bone and tooth health in conditions such as…
IndicationsPotassium chloride is used to prevent and treat low blood potassium (hypokalaemia). Low potassium can be caused by water tablets (diuretics), long-lasting vomiting or diarrhoea, some kidney and hormone conditions, and some other medicines. It is also an…
IndicationsMultivitamin pediatric preparations are syrups or drops made for babies and children. They supply a mix of vitamins, typically vitamins A, D, E and C and B vitamins such as thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin, pyridoxine (B6) and…
Registration details and prices come from the public register of the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA). This page is for information and does not replace advice from your doctor or pharmacist.