Ultra L-5 Tablet 10's

Ultra L-5 Tablet is used to treat folate deficiency (low levels of folate) and anaemia (lack of red blood cells). It is useful in treating low folate levels caused by poor diet, pregnancy, alcoholism, and other disease conditions. 

Ultra L-5 Tablet contains L-5-Methyltetrahydrofolate Calcium, a member of the folate group of vitamins (Vitamin B9). Folate is a water-soluble Vitamin B naturally found in food sources. It helps in forming red blood cells and treats low folate levels and anaemia. It also prevents DNA changes that may lead to cancer. It also has extended benefits for major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer.

Your doctor will decide the dosage based on your medical condition. Sometimes, Ultra L-5 Tablet may have common side effects like nausea, stomach upset, confusion, and sleeplessness. These side effects do not require medical attention and gradually resolve over time. 

Let your doctor know if you use any prescription and non-prescription medications, including other vitamins, before starting Ultra L-5 Tablet . Please tell your doctor if you are allergic to Ultra L-5 Tablet or other medicines. Inform your doctor beforehand if you have a history of liver, heart, or kidney diseases and a scheduled surgery. It is essential to let your doctor know if you are pregnant or breastfeeding before using Ultra L-5 Tablet . Avoid consuming alcohol along with Ultra L-5 Tablet to ensure maximum absorption of nutrients. Ultra L-5 Tablet should be used in children only when the doctor has advised.

Ultra L-5 Tablet contains L-5-Methyltetrahydrofolate Calcium, a member of the folate group of vitamins (Vitamin B9). Folate is a water-soluble Vitamin B naturally found in food sources. It helps in forming red blood cells and treats low folate levels and anemia. It also prevents DNA changes that may lead to cancer. It prevents neural tube defects, and hyperhomocysteinemia (high levels of homocysteine, an amino acid) caused due to low folate levels. It also has extended benefits for major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. It enhances the action of anti-depressant medicines when taken as an adjuvant therapy during major depressive disorder.

• Nausea
• Stomach upset
• Confusion
• Sleeplessness 

Brief your medical history to the doctor if you have heart-related disorders, liver/kidney diseases, pernicious anaemia/vitamin B12 deficiency, fits, bipolar disorder, or a scheduled surgery before starting Ultra L-5 Tablet . Please consult your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to conceive or are a breastfeeding mother before starting Ultra L-5 Tablet . There is limited data on how Ultra L-5 Tablet affects alcohol intake or your driving ability; hence it is advised to consult your doctor before using this medicine. Ultra L-5 Tablet should not be given to children unless a doctor has prescribed it.

Drug-Drug Interaction: Inform your doctor if you use any prescription and non-prescription medications, including other vitamins and herbal products, before starting Ultra L-5 Tablet .

Drug-Food Interaction: Please avoid alcohol while using Ultra L-5 Tablet to ensure maximum absorption of nutrients.

Drug-Disease Interaction: Use Ultra L-5 Tablet with medical advice if you have heart-related disorders, liver/kidney diseases, pernicious anaemia/vitamin B12 deficiency, fits, bipolar disorder, and allergic reactions to medicines.

• Try Vitamin B complex food sources like milk, cheese, eggs, liver and kidney, chicken, red meat, tuna, mackerel, salmon, shellfish, oysters, clams, dark green vegetables, such as spinach and kale, beets, avocados, potatoes, whole grains, cereals, kidney beans, black beans, and chickpea.

• Try folate-rich food sources like broccoli, Brussels sprouts, leafy green vegetables, cabbage, kale, spring greens, spinach, peas, chickpeas, kidney beans, and breakfast cereals fortified with folic acid.

• Sprinkle sunflower seeds over your food, vegetables and salads. 

• Include fruits like citrus, banana, and watermelon in your diet.

• Avoid smoking and alcohol consumption.

• Exercise regularly and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Avoid excess fatty foods.

Clinical monitoring of iron and folic acid through blood examinations is recommended. 

Folate deficiency: Folate deficiency occurs when your body doesn't have enough folate in your diet. Symptoms include fatigue, grey hair, mouth sores, tongue swelling, and growth problems. Folate deficiency leads to anaemia.

Anaemia: It is a condition in which the body does not have enough red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to various body tissues. It makes you tired very quickly due to a lack of oxygen supply in the body. It is one of the most common blood disorders. Symptoms include fatigue, shortness of breath, light-headedness, dizziness, fast heartbeat, brittle nails, and pale skin.