Tricon
Generic name:cyanocobalamin, ferrous fumarate, ascorbic acid and folic acid
Dosage form: capsule
Drug classes:Iron products, Vitamin and mineral combinations
Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Jan 1, 2022.
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Liver Stomach Concentrate Capsule
Hematinic Conentrate with Intrinsic Factor
NDC 63044-635-10
Rx Only
| WARNING: Accidental overdose of iron containing products is a leading cause of fatal poisoning in children under 6. Keep this product out of reach of children. In case of accidental overdose, call a doctor or poison control center immediately. |
A Highly Potent Oral Antianemia Preparation
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Tricon Description
Each Tricon™ Capsule contains:
Special liver-stomach concentrate
(containing intrinsic factor). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 mg
Vitamin B12 (activity equivalent) . . . . . . . . . . . .15 mcg
Iron, elemental (ferrous fumarate) . . . . . . . . . .110 mg
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 mg
Folic acid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 mg
with other factors of vitamin B complex present in the liver-stomach concentrate.
Inactive ingredients: Citric acid, D&C Yellow No. 10, ethylcellulose, FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Red #28, gelatin, lecithin, magnesium stearate, pharmaceutical glaze, silicon dioxide, simethicone, sodium benzoate, sodium citrate, sorbic acid, starch, and titanium dioxide.
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY: Vitamin B12 with Intrinsic
Factor: when secretion of intrinsic factor in gastric juice is inadequate or absent (e.g., Addisonian pernicious anemia or after gastrectomy), vitamin B12 in physiologic doses is absorbed poorly, if at all. The resulting deficiency of vitamin B12 leads to the clinical manifestations of pernicious anemia. Similar megaloblastic anemias may develop in fish tapeworm (Diphyllobothrium latum) infection or after a surgically cr...
