Multivitamin, Fluoride

Brand names: Davimet with Fluoride

Warnings

Warning: Keep out of the reach of children. In case of accidental overdose, seek professional assistance or contact a Poison Control Center immediately. Caution: Do not eat or drink dairy products within one hour of fluoride administration. Should be chewed. This product, as all chewable tablets, is not recommended for children under age 4 due to risk of choking.

Uses

Indications and Usage: Supplementation of the diet with ten essential vitamins. Supplementation of the diet with fluoride for caries prophylaxis. Contraindications : This product is contraindicated in patients with a known hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children up to the age 16, in areas where drinking water contains less than optimal levels of fluoride, receive daily fluoride supplementation. Davimet™ with Flouride 0.75 mg Chewable Multivitamin provide 0.75 mg fluoride in tablet form for children 6-16 years of age in areas where the drinking water fluoride level is less than 0.3 ppm. Davimet™ with Flouride 0.75 mg Chewable Multivitamin supply significant amounts of Vitamins A, C, D, E, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, and folate to supplement the diet, and to help assure that nutritional deficiencies of these vitamins will not develop. Thus, in a single easy-to-use preparation, children obtain ten essential vitamins and the important mineral, fluoride. Children using Davimet™ with Flouride 0.75 mg Chewable Multivitamin regularly should receive semiannual dental examinations. The regular brushing of teeth and attention to good oral hygiene practices are also essential. Davimet™ with Flouride 0.75 mg Chewable Multivitamin is a prescription product for the clinical dietary management of the metabolic processes of caries prophylaxis and provides supplementation of the diet with ten essential vitamins.

Dosage forms & strengths

TABLET, CHEWABLE
SODIUM FLUORIDE .75 mg/1 VITAMIN A 750 ug/1 ASCORBIC ACID 24 mg/1 SODIUM ASCORBATE 36 mg/1 CHOLECALCIFEROL 10 ug/1 .ALPHA.-TOCOPHEROL ACETATE, DL- 6.75 mg/1 THIAMINE MONONITRATE 1.05 mg/1 RIBOFLAVIN 1.2 mg/1 NIACIN 13.5 mg/1 PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE 1.05 mg/1 LEVOMEFOLATE CALCIUM 1000 ug/1 METHYLCOBALAMIN 4.5 ug/1

Dosage and Administration: One tablet daily, to be dissolved in the mouth or chewed before swallowing. Do not give a chewable tablet to a child younger than 4 years old.

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Side effects

Adverse Reactions: Folate: Allergic sensitization has been reported following both oral and parenteral administration of folate. Adverse reactions have been reported with specific vitamins and minerals but generally at levels substantially higher than those contained herein. However, allergic and idiosyncratic reactions are possible at lower levels.

Official source

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