FARZINCOL LO

COMPOSITION

   -  Zinc gluconate....................................................70 mg (equivalent to zinc 10 mg).

   -  Excipients.............................................................................................sqf 1 tablet.

INDICATIONS

      Dietary supplement of zinc in cases of

   -  Rickets, low birth weight.

   -  Pregnancy, lactation and convalescence.

   -  Unbalanced or restricted diets.

   -  Prolonged parenteral feeding.

   -  Acute or chronic diarrhoea.

      Treatment of zinc deficiency

   -  Mild and moderate zinc deficiency.

   + Mild or moderate malnutrition.

   + Digestive disorders: anorexia, dyspepsia, mild constipation, nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.

   + Insomnia, crying at night, asthenia, headache.

   + Recurrent infections in respiratory tract, digestive tract and of skin.

   + Xeroderma, delayed healing of wounds (burns and decubitus ulcers ).

   + Xeropthalmia, corneal ulcer, nyctalopia.

   -  Severe zinc deficiency is characterized by a typical skin rash in acrodermatitis enteropathica, keratodermia, alopecia, nail dystrophy, xeropthalmia, diarrhoea, peripheral inflammation of anus and vulva.

DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION

   -  Supplementary dosage as nutritional supplement  ¹/₂ -2 tablets daily as needed.

   -  Treatmnet dosage: as directed by physician.

   + Dosage should be reduced when the clinical symptoms  have been improved .

   + Daily dosage should be divided into 2 doses, to be taken after meals.

   + For children: crush the tablets, add some sugar then  dissolve in warm water before use.