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Last Updated Nov 30, 2024 | 3:20 PM IST

Winzest Plus Tablet is used to treat nutritional deficiencies. It works by providing essential nutrients that support various body functions. In some cases, it may cause side effects such as nausea, stomach upset, diarrhoea, drowsiness, flushing, and numbness/tingling. Inform the doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, taking any other medication, or have any pre-existing medical conditions.

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About Winzest Plus Tablet

Winzest Plus Tablet is used to treat nutritional deficiencies. It is used to treat and prevent folate deficiency and vitamin B12 deficiency. Winzest Plus Tablet effectively treats various conditions caused by to lack of vitamins, such as anaemia (lack of red blood cells), peripheral neuropathy (nerve disorder), seizures (fits), hyperoxaluria (excess oxalate levels in urine), homocystinuria (accumulation of an amino acid called homocysteine in urine and blood), cyanide poisoning and hyperhomocysteinemia (high levels of homocysteine in the blood).

Winzest Plus Tablet contains Folic acid, L-carnitine, and Methylcobalamin. Folic acid helps form red blood cells and prevents DNA changes that may lead to cancer. It prevents and treats low blood levels of folate (folate deficiency) and high blood levels of amino acid, homocysteine (hyperhomocysteinemia). L-Carnitine is a type of amino acid that is naturally produced by the body. It is used by the body to produce energy and is important for the health of the heart, brain, muscles, and other body parts.  Methylcobalamin regulates body functions, such as cell multiplication, blood formation, and protein synthesis.

Your doctor will decide the dosage based on your medical condition. Sometimes, Winzest Plus Tablet may cause common side effects like nausea, stomach upset, diarrhoea, drowsiness, flushing, and numbness/tingling. These side effects do not require medical attention and gradually resolve over time. 

Let your doctor know if you are using other drugs, and herbal products before starting Winzest Plus Tablet . If you are known to be allergic to Winzest Plus Tablet or its inactive components, please inform your doctor. Vitamins are absorbed readily through oral administration. Please tell your doctor if you have malabsorption syndrome (difficulty absorbing nutrition from food). The dosage form may be changed to intravenous administration of individual vitamins for better absorption of Winzest Plus Tablet . If you are a pregnant or breastfeeding mother, please consult your doctor before taking Winzest Plus Tablet .

Uses of Winzest Plus Tablet

Treatment of Nutritional deficiencies, anaemia, folate deficiency, and Vitamin B12 deficiency.

Medicinal Benefits

Winzest Plus Tablet is used to treat nutritional deficiencies and contains Folic acid, L-carnitine, and Methylcobalamin. Folic acid helps in the formation of red blood cells and prevents DNA changes that may lead to cancer. It prevents and treats folate deficiency and hyperhomocysteinemia. L-carnitine is used to treat medical conditions of heart and blood vessels, failure to get pregnant, overactive thyroid, and other serious medical issues. It also helps the body to produce more amount of energy as it is necessary for the functioning of the heart and brain, muscle movements, and other body processes. Methylcobalamin (Mecobalamin) regulates body functions, such as cell multiplication, blood formation, and protein synthesis. It is used in the treatment of alcoholic neuropathy, pernicious anaemia (red blood cells are not produced due to Vitamin B12 deficiency), diabetic neuropathy (nerve damage due to high blood sugar levels), and multiple sclerosis (immune system disease affecting the brain). 

Directions for Use

Swallow Winzest Plus Tablet as a whole with a glass of water. Do not crush, chew or break the tablet/capsule.

Storage

Store in a cool and dry place away from sunlight

Side Effects of Winzest Plus Tablet

  • Nausea
  • Stomach upset
  • Diarrhoea
  • Drowsiness
  • Flushing
  • Numbness/tingling 

Drug Warnings

Inform your doctor if you have malabsorption syndrome (difficulty absorbing nutrition from food). This disease may make it hard to absorb B complex vitamins when given orally. Your doctor may advise other dosage forms of Winzest Plus Tablet in such a case. Let your doctor know if you have any blood disorders like pernicious anaemia before starting Winzest Plus Tablet . Folic acid in Winzest Plus Tablet is excreted into breast milk. Pregnant or breastfeeding women should consult their doctor before taking Winzest Plus Tablet . Excessive alcohol consumption reduces absorption and increases the elimination of folic acid. Alcohol can also worsen the side effects like drowsiness and stomach upset. Hence, please avoid alcohol while using Winzest Plus Tablet .

Drug Interactions

Drug-Drug Interactions: Winzest Plus Tablet may interact with anti-cancer drugs (altretamine, cisplatin, and arsenic trioxide), fits medicines (phenytoin, phenobarbital, primidone), antibiotic (chloramphenicol), medicines treating Parkinson's disease (levodopa), drugs used to treat tumours (Fluorouracil), antibiotics (trimethoprim), stomach related drugs (sulfasalazine), and cholesterol-lowering drugs (cholestyramine).

Drug-Food Interactions: Excessive alcohol consumption reduces the absorption and increases the elimination of folic acid. Alcohol can also worsen the side effects like drowsiness and stomach upset.

Drug-Disease Interactions: Use Winzest Plus Tablet with medical advice if you have malabsorption syndrome (difficulty absorbing nutrition from food) and allergic reactions to medicines.

Drug-Drug Interactions Checker List

  • ALTRETAMINE
  • PHENOBARBITAL
  • CHOLESTYRAMINE
  • SULFASALAZINE
  • TRIMETHOPRIM
  • FLUOROURACIL
  • ARSENIC TRIOXIDE
  • CISPLATIN
  • PHENYTOIN
  • PRIMIDONE
  • CHLORAMPHENICOL
  • LEVODOPA

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No

Diet & Lifestyle Advise

  • Try Vitamin B complex food sources like milk, cheese, eggs, liver and kidney, chicken, red meat, tuna, mackerel, and salmon, shellfish, oysters, and clams. Also try dark green vegetables such as spinach and kale, beets, avocados, potatoes, whole grains, cereals, kidney beans, black beans, and chickpeas.
  • Try folate-rich food sources like broccoli, Brussels sprouts, leafy green vegetables, cabbage, kale, spring greens, spinach, peas, chickpeas, kidney beans, liver (avoid this during pregnancy), 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 folic acid, vitamins B12 and B6 levels through blood examinations is recommended.
  • Let your doctor and the laboratory staff know if you are using Winzest Plus Tablet since Folic acid may interfere with laboratory tests like urine test for urobilinogen.

Disease/Condition Glossary

Vitamin B12 deficiency (cobalamin deficiency): When your body doesn't have adequate mineral levels called Vitamin B12, it leads to Vitamin B12 deficiency. Symptoms include fatigue, breathlessness, numbness, poor balance, and memory trouble.

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 associated with a decrease in the red blood cells (RBCs) count or haemoglobin in the blood or a lowered ability to carry oxygen. Symptoms include fatigue, shortness of breath, light-headedness, dizziness, and a fast heartbeat.

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Alcohol

Caution

Excessive alcohol consumption reduces absorption and increases the elimination of folic acid. Hence, please avoid alcohol while using Winzest Plus Tablet .

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Pregnancy

Caution

Winzest Plus 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 Winzest Plus Tablet .

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Breast Feeding

Caution

Folic acid in Winzest Plus Tablet is excreted into breast milk. Please consult your doctor before taking Winzest Plus Tablet if you are a breastfeeding mother.

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Driving

Caution

Winzest Plus Tablet may sometimes make you feel sleepy. Do not drive or operate machinery if you are not mentally alert and focused.

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Liver

Caution

Let your doctor know if you have any history of liver diseases before taking Winzest Plus 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 Winzest Plus Tablet . Your dosage may be adjusted in case of renal impairment.

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Children

Consult your doctor

The doctor will recommend the dosage of Winzest Plus Tablet based on the child's age and weight.

Country of origin

India

Manufacturer/Marketer address

1309, 14Th Floor, Madi Tower, 98, Nehru Place, New Delhi, Delhi 110019
Other Info - WIN0428

FAQs

Winzest Plus Tablet is used to treat nutritional deficiencies, anaemia, folate deficiency, and Vitamin B12 deficiency.
Winzest Plus Tablet is a vitamin supplement and consists of Folic acid, L-carnitine and Methylcobalamin (vitamin B12). When you lack these vitamins in your body, which cannot be recovered even with the food sources, Winzest Plus Tablet helps in normalising these deficient levels. Collectively, Winzest Plus Tablet treats nutritional deficiencies.
Vitamin B12 deficiency is caused when you don't have enough Methylcobalamine or Mecobalamin levels in your body. You can include natural Vitamin B12 sources like eggs, beef, liver, chicken, trout, salmon, tuna, fish, clams, fortified breakfast cereal, low-fat milk, yoghurt, and cheese in your diet to treat the deficiency. If you still have low levels of B12, please consult your doctor for its supplements.
Folate deficiency occurs when your body lacks adequate folic acid/folate levels. You can overcome this deficiency by including food sources rich in folic acid like broccoli, brussels sprouts, leafy green vegetables, cabbage, kale, spring greens, spinach, peas, chickpeas, kidney beans, liver (avoid this during pregnancy) and breakfast cereals fortified with folic acid. If your folic acid levels are still low, your doctor may advise its supplements.
It is important to tell your doctor if you have malabsorption syndrome (difficulty absorbing nutrition from food) since it may be hard to absorb vitamins through oral administration. Your doctor may advise other dosage forms of Winzest Plus Tablet in such a case.
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.
Yes, Winzest Plus Tablet can help boost the immune system. It contains a combination of folic acid, L-carnitine, and methylcobalamin. Folic acid is essential for red blood cell production, L-carnitine has antioxidant properties used as a nutritional supplement in disease conditions like diabetes and nervous and heart problems. Methylcobalamin (vitamin B12) is essential for nerve function, which contributes to a robust immune system.
Avoid taking alcohol with Winzest Plus Tablet as it reduces the absorption and increases the elimination of folic acid. Alcohol can also worsen the side effects like drowsiness and stomach upset.
It's not advisable to take Winzest Plus Tablet without consulting a doctor. This is because your doctor can determine whether the supplement is appropriate for your specific health needs and circumstances. They can also guide you on the correct dosage and monitor for any potential side effects or interactions with other medications you might be taking.
Winzest Plus Tablet can be taken at any time of the day, with or without food. However, it is generally recommended to take it in the morning after meals for optimal absorption and effectiveness. But take it at the same time each day to maintain consistent levels in your body.
The common side effects of Winzest Plus Tablet are nausea, stomach upset, diarrhoea, drowsiness, flushing, and numbness/tingling. If any of these side effects persist or worsen, please consult your doctor.

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