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Last Updated Oct 9, 2024 | 12:37 PM IST
Toscal 2K Plus Tablet is a combination medicine primarily used to treat nutritional deficiencies, low calcium levels, and Vitamin D deficiency. This medicine works by maintaining blood calcium, phosphorus and folate levels, producing new blood cells, regulates many bodily functions, thus providing essential nutrients necessary for bone formation and maintenance. Common side effects include constipation, nausea, vomiting, and stomach upset.
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About Toscal 2K Plus Tablet

Toscal 2K Plus Tablet used to treat nutritional deficiencies. Nutritional deficiency occurs when the body is unable to absorb or get enough nutrients from food. It could lead to various health problems, including defective bone growth, skin disorders, digestive issues, and dementia (memory loss).

Toscal 2K Plus Tablet contains Elemental Calcium, Vitamin D3, L-Methylfolate Calcium, Pyridoxal-5-phosphate, and Methylcobalamin. Elemental Calcium makes the bones stronger by increasing their density. It helps in treating and preventing low calcium levels. Vitamin D3 helps maintain blood calcium and phosphorus levels and mineralization of bone. L-Methylfolate calcium helps produce new blood cells and prevents low folate levels. Pyridoxal-5-phosphate is involved in protein, fat, and carbohydrate metabolism and the formation of red blood cells and neurotransmitters. Methylcobalamin regulates body functions, such as cell multiplication, blood formation, and protein synthesis.

Your doctor will decide the dosage and duration based on your medical condition. Sometimes, Toscal 2K Plus Tablet may cause common side effects like upset stomach, diarrhoea, nausea, and vomiting. These side effects do not require medical attention and gradually resolve over time. However, talk to your doctor if the side effects persist or worsen.

Let your doctor know if you use prescription, non-prescription drugs, and herbal products before starting Toscal 2K Plus Tablet . If you are allergic to any of the components, please inform your doctor. If you are a pregnant or breastfeeding mother, please consult your doctor before taking Toscal 2K Plus Tablet . Toscal 2K Plus Tablet should not be given to children unless prescribed by a doctor. It is advised to avoid or limit alcohol consumption since it may affect calcium absorption.

Uses of Toscal 2K Plus Tablet

Management and treatment of Nutritional deficiencies

Medicinal Benefits

Toscal 2K Plus Tablet is used to treat nutritional deficiencies. It contains Elemental Calcium, Vitamin D3, Methylcobalamin, L-Methylfolate Calcium, and Pyridoxal-5-phosphate. Elemental Calcium makes the bones stronger by increasing their density. Vitamin D3 helps maintain blood calcium and phosphorus levels and mineralization of bone. It is used to treat and prevent bone disorders, such as rickets and osteomalacia. Methylcobalamin regulates body functions, such as cell multiplication, blood formation, and protein synthesis. L-Methylfolate calcium helps form new blood cells and prevents low folate levels. Pyridoxal-5-phosphate is involved in metabolic functions and the formation of red blood cells and neurotransmitters.

Directions for Use

Swallow it as a whole with water; do not crush, break or chew it.

Storage

Store in a cool and dry place away from sunlight

Side Effects of Toscal 2K Plus Tablet

  • Upset stomach 
  • Diarrhoea 
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting

Drug Warnings

Brief your medical history to the doctor if you have any heart/kidney/liver diseases, hypercalcaemia (excess calcium levels in the blood), hypervitaminosis D (high vitamin D levels), Vitamin D toxicity, and kidney stones before starting Toscal 2K Plus Tablet . This supplement should be used during pregnancy only when advised by your doctor. Pyridoxal-5-phosphate is excreted into breast milk. Hence, breastfeeding women should consult their doctor before taking Toscal 2K Plus Tablet . Drinking alcohol may hinder Toscal 2K Plus Tablet absorption; therefore, it is advised to limit the alcohol intake while using Toscal 2K Plus Tablet .

Drug Interactions

Drug-Drug Interaction: Toscal 2K Plus Tablet may interact with anti-cancer drugs (altretamine), fits medicines (phenytoin, phenobarbital), antibiotics (chloramphenicol), medicines treating Parkinson's disease (levodopa), and antidiabetics (metformin).

Drug-Food Interaction: Please avoid alcohol while using Toscal 2K Plus Tablet to ensure maximum absorption of nutrients.

Drug-Disease Interaction: Use Toscal 2K Plus Tablet with medical advice if you have malabsorption syndrome (difficulty absorbing nutrition from food), hypercalcaemia, hypervitaminosis D, Vitamin D toxicity, heart/kidney/liver/blood vessel diseases, kidney stones, diabetes, and phenylketonuria.

Drug-Drug Interactions Checker List

  • ALTRETAMINE
  • PHENYTOIN
  • PHENOBARBITAL
  • CHLORAMPHENICOL
  • LEVOBUNOLOL
  • METFORMIN

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Diet & Lifestyle Advise

  • Try Vitamin B complex food sources like milk, cheese, eggs, 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.

  • Include the best dietary sources of vitamin D, such as fish liver oils and vitamin D–fortified milk.

  • Include dairy products like milk, yoghurt, cheese or milk-based custard in your diet.

  • Sprinkle sesame and 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 vitamin D, B12 and B6 levels through blood examinations are recommended. 

  • Let your doctor and the laboratory staff know if you are using Toscal 2K Plus Tablet since Pyridoxal-5-phosphate may interfere with laboratory tests like urine tests for urobilinogen. 

Disease/Condition Glossary

Nutritional deficiencies: A nutritional deficiency occurs when the body does not absorb or get enough nutrients from food. Vitamins and minerals are necessary for body development and the prevention of diseases. Sometimes, your body is unable to absorb many nutrients even if you are consuming them. Nutrient deficiency can lead to many health problems, like a weakened immune system, skin problems, digestion problems, defective bone growth, and neurological diseases. 

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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

Toscal 2K 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 Toscal 2K Plus Tablet

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Breast Feeding

Caution

Please consult your doctor before taking Toscal 2K Plus Tablet if you are a breastfeeding mother.

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Driving

Caution

It is unknown whether Toscal 2K Plus 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 Toscal 2K Plus Tablet . Your doctor will weigh the potential risks and benefits before prescribing Toscal 2K Plus Tablet .

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Kidney

Caution

Seek doctor advice before starting Toscal 2K Plus Tablet if you have kidney diseases. Your doctor will weigh the potential risks and benefits before prescribing Toscal 2K Plus Tablet .

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Children

Caution

The doctor will decide whether Toscal 2K Plus Tablet can be given to the child or not. The dosage of Toscal 2K Plus Tablet depends on the child's age and weight.

Country of origin

India

Manufacturer/Marketer address

Shed No. C-51, Shiv Industrial Park, Ambica Mill Compound, Nr. Vatva Overbridge, Vatva Ahmedabad Ahmedabad Gj 382440 In
Other Info - TOS0045

FAQs

Toscal 2K Plus Tablet belongs to the class of 'multivitamins', primarily used to treat nutritional deficiencies.
Toscal 2K Plus Tablet is a dietary supplement and consists of Elemental Calcium, Vitamin D3, Methylcobalamin, L-Methylfolate Calcium, and Pyridoxal-5-phosphate. When you lack these vitamins in your body, which cannot be recovered even with the food sources, Toscal 2K Plus Tablet helps replenish these deficient levels. Collectively, Toscal 2K Plus Tablet treats nutritional deficiencies.
Pyridoxal-5-phosphate in Toscal 2K Plus Tablet may interfere with laboratory tests like urine tests for urobilinogen. Please make sure your doctor and the laboratory staff know that you take Toscal 2K Plus Tablet before undergoing blood and urine examinations.
Antacids may interfere with the absorption of Toscal 2K Plus Tablet . Hence it is advised to take Toscal 2K Plus Tablet two hours before or four hours after taking antacids.
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 serious side effects.
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.

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