TRICON
Brand names: TRICON
Warnings
Contraindications
CONTRAINDICATIONS Hemochromatosis and hemosiderosis are contraindications to iron therapy.
Overdose
OVERDOSAGE Symptoms: Those of iron intoxication, which may include pallor and cyanosis, vomiting, hematemesis, diarrhea, melena, shock, drowsiness, and coma. Treatment: For specific therapy, exchange transfusion and chelating agents. For general management, gastric and rectal lavage with sodium bicarbonate solution or milk, administration of intravenous fluids and electrolytes, and use of oxygen.
Uses
INDICATIONS AND USAGE TRICON™ is a multifactor preparation effective in the treatment of anemias that respond to oral hematinics, including pernicious anemia and other megaloblastic anemias and also irondeficiency anemia. Therapeutic quantities of hematopoietic factors that are known to be important are present in the recommended daily dose.
Dosage forms & strengths
DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION One capsule twice a day. (Two capsules daily produce a standard response in the average uncomplicated case of pernicious anemia.)
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Side effects
ADVERSE REACTIONS Rarely, iron in therapeutic doses produces gastrointestinal reactions, such as diarrhea or constipation. Reducing the dose and administering it with meals will minimize these effects in the iron-sensitive patient. In extremely rare instances, skin rash suggesting allergy has been noted following the oral administration of liver-stomach material. Allergic sensitization has been reported following both oral and parenteral administration of folic acid.