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Ultra L-5 Tablet is a combination medicine primarily used to treat folate deficiency, and anaemia. This combination medicine helps prevent low folate levels, formation of new red blood cells, regulate carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism, cell multiplication, and blood formation. Common side effects include nausea, stomach upset, confusion, and sleeplessness.
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Manufacturer/Marketer

Laxian Healthcare

Consume Type

ORAL

Return Policy

Not Returnable

Expires on or after

Apr-26

About Ultra L-5 Tablet

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.

Uses of Ultra L-5 Tablet

Treatment of Folate deficiency and anemia

Medicinal Benefits

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.

Directions for Use

Swallow it as a whole with a glass of water. You can take it with or without food at regular intervals, as prescribed by the doctor. Do not crush, chew or break it.

Storage

Store in a cool and dry place away from sunlight

Side Effects of Ultra L-5 Tablet

  • Nausea
  • Stomach upset
  • Confusion
  • Sleeplessness 

Drug Warnings

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 Interactions

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.

Habit Forming

No

Diet & Lifestyle Advise

  • 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.

Special Advise

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

Disease/Condition Glossary

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.

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Alcohol

Caution

It is advised to limit/avoid alcohol intake to ensure maximum absorption of nutrients.

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Pregnancy

Caution

Ultra L-5 Tablet should be used during pregnancy only when advised by your doctor. Let your doctor know if you are pregnant or planning to conceive before taking Ultra L-5 Tablet .

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Breast Feeding

Caution

Please consult your doctor before taking Ultra L-5 Tablet if you are a nursing mother.

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Driving

Caution

It is unknown whether Ultra L-5 Tablet affects your ability to drive. Drive or operate machinery only if you are alert.

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Liver

Caution

Let your doctor know if you have any history of liver diseases before taking Ultra L-5 Tablet . Your dosage may be adjusted in case of liver impairment.

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Kidney

Caution

Let your doctor know if you have any history of kidney diseases before taking Ultra L-5 Tablet . Your dosage may be adjusted in case of renal impairment.

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Children

Caution

The doctor will decide whether Ultra L-5 Tablet can be given to the child or not. The dosage of Ultra L-5 Tablet depends on the child's age and weight.

Country of origin

India
Other Info - ULT0547

FAQs

Ultra L-5 Tablet is used to treat folate deficiency (low levels of folate) and anaemia (lack of red blood cells). It helps treat low folate levels caused by poor diet, pregnancy, alcoholism, and other disease conditions.
Ultra L-5 Tablet is a nutritional supplement and consists of L-5-Methyltetrahydrofolate Calcium. It replenishes the low levels of folate, thus treating anaemia. It is useful during pregnancy and prevents the risk of neural tube defects in infants. It is also useful in major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer.
Avoid taking more than one multivitamin product concomitantly unless advised by the doctor. Taking similar nutritional supplements simultaneously can lead to a vitamin overdose or other side effects. Discuss with your doctor the vitamins you already take before you are prescribed any other supplements.
It is not known if the antacids interfere with the absorption of Ultra L-5 Tablet . It is advised to take Ultra L-5 Tablet two hours before or four hours after taking antacids.
If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember. However, if it is time for the next scheduled dose, skip the missed dose and follow your usual dosage.
You are recommended to consult your doctor before taking Ultra L-5 Tablet with other medicines to avoid possible interactions.
Ultra L-5 Tablet may cause side effects such as nausea, stomach upset, confusion, and sleeplessness. These side effects do not require any medical treatment as they will reduce over time. Please, consult the doctor if these effects persist longer.

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