WARNINGS: Caution is recommended in patients with a history of bipolar illness as mood elevation is possible following coadministration of folate with antidepressant therapy.
Caution is also recommended in patients taking anticonvulsant medications as folate may interfere with anticonvulsant medication, and may lower seizure threshold. Furthermore, it has been reported that anticonvulsant medications interfere with folate metabolism, but the exact action is unclear; therefore caution is recommended with patients in this therapeutic group.
Folinic acid may enhance the toxicity of fluorouracil. Deaths from severe enterocolitis, diarrhea, and dehydration have been reported in elderly patients receiving weekly formyl-THF and fluorouracil. Concomitant granulocytopenia and fever were present in some but not all of the patients. The concomitant use of formyl-THF with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for the acute treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with HIV infection was associated with increased rates of treatment failure and mortality in a placebo controlled study.1
Patients undergoing cancer treatment should consult their licensed medical practitioner for advice.
There is currently no manufacturer warning information available for this drug.
INDICATIONS AND USAGE: This product is indicated for the distinct nutritional requirements of individuals who have suboptimal folates levels in the cerebrospinal fluid, plasma and/or red blood cells, and require a maintenance level. Folate is effective in the treatment of hyperhomocysteinemia and/or megaloblastic anemias,13 (as may be seen in tropical or nontropical sprue) and in anemias of nutritional origin,14 pregnancy, infancy, childhood or other related folate-malabsorption complications of an inborn or environmental origin.
KEEP THIS PRODUCT OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN.
INDICATIONS AND USAGE: Suggested Use: In the wasting syndrome in chronic renal failure; uremia; impaired metabolic functions of the kidney and to maintain levels when dietary intake of vitamins is inadequate or excretion or loss is excessive. Also, highly effective as a stress vitamin.
Virt-Caps (1 mg FA w/B COMP W-C) should be administered under the supervision of a licensed medical practitioner.
DESCRIPTION: Virt-Caps (1 mg FA w/B COMP W-C) is an orally administered prescription folate specifically formulated for the dietary management of patients with unique nutritional needs requiring increased folate levels.
Virt-Caps (1 mg FA w/B COMP W-C) should be administered under the supervision of a licensed medical practitioner.
Each black softgel contains the following dietary ingredients:
| Vitamin C (as Ascorbic Acid) | 100 mg |
| Thiamine (as Thiamine Mononitrate) | 1.5 mg |
| Riboflavin | 1.7 mg |
| Niacin (as Niacinamide) | 20 mg |
| Vitamin B6 (as Pyridoxine HCl) | 10 mg |
| Folic Acid | 1 mg |
| Vitamin B12 (as Cyanocobalamin) | 6 mcg |
| Biotin | 150 mcg |
| Pantothenic Acid (as Calcium Pantothenate) | 5 mg |
