Indications:
Ascorbic acid is recommended for the prevention and treatment of scurvy. Its parenteral administration is desirable for patients with an acute deficiency or for those whose absorption of orally ingested ascorbic acid is uncertain.

Symptoms of mild deficiency may include faulty bone and tooth development, gingivitis, bleeding gums, and loosened teeth. Febril states, chronic illness, and infection (pneumonia, whooping cough, tuberculosis, diphtheria, sinusitis, rheumatic fever, etc.) increases the need for ascorbic acid.

Contra-indications:
There are no contraindications to the administration of ascorbic acid.

Adverse Effects:
Transient mild soreness may occur at the site of intramuscular or subcutaneous injection. Too-rapid intravenous administration of the solution may cause temporary faintness or dizziness.

Drug Interactions:
Limited evidence suggests that ascorbic acid may influence the intensity and duration of action of bishydroxycoumarin.

Precautions & Warning:
Too-rapid intravenous injection is to be avoided. Diabetics, patients prone to recurrent renal calculi, those undergoing stool occult blood tests and those on sodium restricted diets or anticoagulant therapy should not take excessive doses of ascorbic acid over an extended period of time.

This product contains aluminum that may be toxic. Aluminum may reach toxic levels with prolonged parenteral administration if kidney function is impaired. Premature neonates are particularly at risk because their kidneys are immature, and they require large amounts of calcium and phosphate solutions, which contain aluminum.

Research indicates that patients with impaired kidney function, including premature neonates, who receive parenteral levels of aluminum at greater than 4 to 5 mcg/kg/day accumulate aluminum at levels associated with central nervous system and bone toxicity. Tissue loading may occur at even lower rates of administration.

Use in Pregnancy and Nursing Mothers:
Animal reproduction studies have not been conducted with Ascorbic Acid Injection. It is also not known whether Ascorbic Acid Injection can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman or can affect reproduction capacity. Ascorbic Acid Injection should be given to a pregnant woman only if clearly needed.
Caution should be exercised when Ascorbic Acid Injection is administered to a nursing woman.

Treatment/antidote in The Event of Overdose:
Vitamin C overdose can cause an increased risk of developing kidney stones because it increases the absorption of iron. Vitamin C overdose should always be avoided and must be avoided especially by people with iron overload diseases such as Hemochromatosis. Such patients should avoid intake of Vitamin C because it increases the accumulation of non-heme iron.
Storage instructions:
Keep it under seal in cool and dry place. Protect from light.

Validity: Three Years