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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…
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,…
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…
IndicationsIron is used to prevent and treat iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia (low blood caused by too little iron). Common reasons include heavy periods, pregnancy, poor diet, blood loss and worm infestation. It is often combined with…
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…
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…
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…
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 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)…
IndicationsVitamin B12 (cobalamin, available as Cyanocobalamin, Methylcobalamin or Hydroxocobalamin) is used to prevent and treat vitamin B12 deficiency, for example in:pernicious anaemia, where the stomach cannot absorb vitamin B12 from food;megaloblastic anaemia caused by low vitamin B12;people with…
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…
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…
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.…
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