The long-teem evaluation of folic acid in the treatment of pernicious anemia. Ninety-eight patients with old-established pernicious anaemia were given an oral dose of 5 mg. folic acid daily and were seen every 4 weeks. During 3 1/2 y... SO Schwartz,SB Kaplan,BE Armstrong - 《Journal of...
Folic acid is a B complex vitamin 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, orchildhood. What Are Side Effects of Folic Acid? Side effects...
See “What are Side Effects Associated with Using Folic Acid?” Long-Term Effects See “What Are Side Effects Associated with Using Folic Acid?” Cautions Undiagnosed anemias May maskanemiaat dosages over 0.1 mg/day In presence ofvitamin B12deficiency, not appropriate for monotherapy in pernicious...
(HR = 0.57, 95% CI: 0.34–0.96).41In a largeRCTof 5442 women with either a history of CVD or three or more coronaryrisk factors, individuals were given a combination pill of 2.5 mg folic acid, 50 mgvitamin B6, and 1 mgvitamin B12for 7.3 years. This treatment showed no significant ...
fo·lic acid (fō′lĭk, fŏl′ĭk) A vitamin belonging to the vitamin B complex that is important in cell growth and metabolism. It is found especially in green leafy vegetables and fresh fruit. Lack of folic acid can cause anemia because it is necessary for the formation of red blo...
(1950) Folic acid antagonists in the treatment of acute and subacute leukemia. Blood, 5, p. 898.Dameshek, W., Freedman, M., and Steinberg, L. Folic acid antagonists in the treatment of acute and subacute leukemia. Blood 5: 898, 1950....
Chronic low folate intake can lead to fatigue and anemia. The good news: Research shows you can actually increase your folic acid levels through exercise! Athletes who completed high-intensity interval training (HIT), such as 20 km/week of swimming with intervals of maximum intensity over 3 ...
folateintakehavebeendetected.ButhighfolatemayinterferewiththediagnosisofvitaminB12deficiency.About1/5oftheelderlylackvitaminB12,andtheinitialsymptomisanemia.Iftheytaketoomuchfolicacid,theywillnotbecomeanaemic,anddoctorsmaynotfindthattheylackvitaminB12andthattheyaredelayingtreatment.However,thedailyintakeoffolicacid...
About 1/5 of the elderly lack vitamin B12, and the initial symptom is anemia. If they take too much folic acid, they will not become anaemic, and doctors may not find 7、 that they lack vitamin B12 and that they are delaying treatment. However, the daily intake of folic acid should ...
Forty-one pregnant patients with severe iron deficiency anaemia were treated with either intravenous iron-dextran (Imferon; Fisons) or intravenous iron plus folic acid. There was no difference in the rate of response or the eventual total response in the two groups, suggesting that iron therapy ...