Precautions and warnings

Do not use this medicine in people who have an active peptic ulcer, are getting frequent blood transfusions, or have conditions like regional enteritis or ulcerative colitis. Use it carefully in people with tumors that depend on folate. It is also not recommended during the first trimester of pregnancy.

Drug Interactions

**Ferrous Fumarate:**
Taking vitamin C (ascorbic acid) with ferrous fumarate can help your body absorb more iron. However, taking it at the same time as certain antibiotics like quinolones or tetracyclines can lower how well your body absorbs these antibiotics. Also, using antacids with ferrous fumarate can reduce how much iron your body absorbs. Taking penicillamine (a medicine sometimes used for arthritis) with ferrous fumarate can also lower how much penicillamine your body absorbs.

**Folic Acid:**
Some medicines can lower the levels of folic acid in your blood. These include anti-epileptic drugs, birth control pills, drugs for tuberculosis, alcohol, aminopterin, methotrexate, pyrimethamine, trimethoprim, and sulphonamides. Folic acid can also lower the amount of phenytoin (an anti-seizure drug) in your blood.

Contraindications

Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria, haemosiderosis, haemochromatosis.

Mode of actions

Ferrous fumarate is a type of iron supplement used to prevent and treat low iron levels. Each gram of ferrous fumarate contains 330 mg of actual iron.

Folic acid is important for making DNA and keeping red blood cell production normal. In the body, folic acid is changed into its active form, tetrahydrofolic acid, by an enzyme called dihydrofolate reductase. Folic acid also helps prevent birth defects in the brain and spine of babies, so women who can become pregnant or are pregnant need higher amounts.

Dosage & Administration

Adult: PO Each tab contains ferrous fumurate 322 mg and folic acid 0.35 mg: 1 tab/day starting from the 13th wk of gestation.

Pregnancy & Lactation

FDA has not yet classified this medicine into a specified pregnancy category. Although there is no enough evidence that taking this medicine during you are pregnant is harmful.

Discuss with your doctor if you are trying to get pregnant while taking this medicine too.

If you do become pregnant while you are taking this medicine, you should continue to take it and contact with your doctors as quickly as possible. They can assist you to decide whether or not to keep taking this medicine. If you abandon taking this medicine and become sick, this would be more pernicious to your child than staying on the medication.


There is no specific information about whether this medicine is passed on to the baby through breast milk. During this medication, if your baby becomes very sleepy, restless, fatigued, exhibit feeding problems, stop breastfeeding and talk to your doctors very quickly.

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