Ferotrin

Generic name:ascorbic acid, folic acid, cyanocobalamin, ferrous fumarate, sus scrofa stomach and beef liver
Dosage form: capsule
Drug classes:Iron products, Vitamin and mineral combinations

Medically reviewed by Drugs.com. Last updated on Mar 22, 2022.

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Ferotrin Description

EACH CAPSULE CONTAINS:

Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid).....75 mg.

Folic Acid.....500 mcg.

Vitamin B-12 (Cyanocobalamin).....15 mcg.

Iron (Ferrous Fumarate).....110 mg.

Liver Stomach Concentrate (containing Intrinsic Factor).....240 mg.

Inactive Ingredients: D&C Red #28, Dicalcium Phospate, FD&C Blue #1, FD&C Green # 3, FD&C Red # 40, Gelatin, Magnesium Stearate, Pharmaceutical Glaze, and Titanium Dioxide.

Ferotrin - Clinical Pharmacology

Vitamin B-12 with Intrinsic Factor - When secretion of intrinsic factor in gastric juice

is inadequate or absent (e.g., in Addisonian pernicious anemia or after

gastrectomy), vitamin B-12 in physiologic doses is absorbed poorly, if at all. The

resulting deficiency of vitamin B-12 leads to the clinical manifestations of

pernicious anemia. Similar megaloblastic anemias may develop in fish tapeworm

(Diphyllobothrium latum) infection or after a surgically created small-bowel blind

loop; in these situations, treatment requires freeing the host of the parasites or

bacteria that appear to compete for the available vitamin B-12. Strict

vegetarianism and malabsorption syndromes may also lead to vitamin B-12

deficiency. In the latter case, parenteral therapy, or oral therapy with so-called

massive doses of vitamin B-12, may be necessary for adequate treatment of the

patient.

Potency of intrinsic factor concentrates is determi...