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IndicationsAntioxidant supplements combine vitamins and minerals that help protect body cells from damage, usually beta-carotene (a source of vitamin A), vitamin C, vitamin E, and minerals such as selenium, zinc, copper and manganese. They are used to support…
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,…
IndicationsCholine is a nutrient that the body needs to build cell membranes, make the nerve messenger acetylcholine and move fat out of the liver. It is included in multivitamin and tonic products to support general nutrition, liver health…
IndicationsCobalt is a trace mineral. In the products listed here it is one ingredient of vitamin and mineral premixes, mainly added to the feed of poultry and farm animals. Cattle, goats and sheep need cobalt so the microbes…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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)…
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…
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.…
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