Meconta-LC Tablet 10's

Meconta-LC Tablet 10's is used to treat nutritional deficiencies. It is used to treat and prevent folate deficiency and vitamin B12 deficiency. Meconta-LC Tablet 10's effectively treats various conditions caused due to lack of vitamins, such as anaemia (lack of red blood cells), peripheral neuropathy (nerve disorder), seizures (fits), hyperoxaluria (excess oxalate levels in urine), homocystinuria (accumulation of an amino acid called homocysteine in urine and blood), cyanide poisoning and hyperhomocysteinemia (high levels of homocysteine in the blood).

Meconta-LC Tablet 10's contains Folic acid, L-carnitine, and Methylcobalamin. Folic acid helps form red blood cells and prevents DNA changes that may lead to cancer. It prevents and treats low blood levels of folate (folate deficiency) and high blood levels of amino acid, homocysteine (hyperhomocysteinemia). L-Carnitine is a type of amino acid that is naturally produced by the body. It is used by the body to produce energy and is important for the health of the heart, brain, muscles, and other body parts.  Methylcobalamin regulates body functions, such as cell multiplication, blood formation, and protein synthesis.

Your doctor will decide the dosage based on your medical condition. Sometimes, Meconta-LC Tablet 10's may cause common side effects like nausea, stomach upset, diarrhoea, drowsiness, flushing, and numbness/tingling. These side effects do not require medical attention and gradually resolve over time. 

Let your doctor know if you are using other drugs, and herbal products before starting Meconta-LC Tablet 10's. If you are known to be allergic to Meconta-LC Tablet 10's or its inactive components, please inform your doctor. Vitamins are absorbed readily through oral administration. Please tell your doctor if you have malabsorption syndrome (difficulty absorbing nutrition from food). The dosage form may be changed to intravenous administration of individual vitamins for better absorption of Meconta-LC Tablet 10's. If you are a pregnant or breastfeeding mother, please consult your doctor before taking Meconta-LC Tablet 10's.

Meconta-LC Tablet 10's is used to treat nutritional deficiencies and contains Folic acid, L-carnitine, and Methylcobalamin. Folic acid helps in the formation of red blood cells and prevents DNA changes that may lead to cancer. It prevents and treats folate deficiency and hyperhomocysteinemia. L-carnitine is used to treat medical conditions of heart and blood vessels, failure to get pregnant, overactive thyroid, and other serious medical issues. It also helps the body to produce more amount of energy as it is necessary for the functioning of the heart and brain, muscle movements, and other body processes. Methylcobalamin (Mecobalamin) regulates body functions, such as cell multiplication, blood formation, and protein synthesis. It is used in the treatment of alcoholic neuropathy, pernicious anaemia (red blood cells are not produced due to Vitamin B12 deficiency), diabetic neuropathy (nerve damage due to high blood sugar levels), and multiple sclerosis (immune system disease affecting the brain). 

• Nausea
• Stomach upset
• Diarrhoea
• Drowsiness
• Flushing
• Numbness/tingling 

Inform your doctor if you have malabsorption syndrome (difficulty absorbing nutrition from food). This disease may make it hard to absorb B complex vitamins when given orally. Your doctor may advise other dosage forms of Meconta-LC Tablet 10's in such a case. Let your doctor know if you have any blood disorders like pernicious anaemia before starting Meconta-LC Tablet 10's. folic acid in Meconta-LC Tablet 10's is excreted into breast milk. Pregnant or breastfeeding women should consult their doctor before taking Meconta-LC Tablet 10's. Excessive alcohol consumption reduces absorption and increases the elimination of folic acid. Alcohol can also worsen the side effects like drowsiness and stomach upset. Hence, please avoid alcohol while using Meconta-LC Tablet 10's.

Drug-Drug Interactions: Meconta-LC Tablet 10's may interact with anti-cancer drugs (altretamine, cisplatin, and arsenic trioxide), fits medicines (phenytoin, phenobarbital, primidone), antibiotic (chloramphenicol), medicines treating Parkinson's disease (levodopa), drugs used to treat tumours (Fluorouracil), antibiotics (trimethoprim), stomach related drugs (sulfasalazine), and cholesterol-lowering drugs (cholestyramine).

Drug-Food Interactions: Excessive alcohol consumption reduces the absorption and increases the elimination of folic acid. Alcohol can also worsen the side effects like drowsiness and stomach upset.

Drug-Disease Interactions: Use Meconta-LC Tablet 10's with medical advice if you have malabsorption syndrome (difficulty absorbing nutrition from food) and allergic reactions to medicines.

• ALTRETAMINE
• PHENOBARBITAL
• CHOLESTYRAMINE
• SULFASALAZINE
• TRIMETHOPRIM
• FLUOROURACIL
• ARSENIC TRIOXIDE
• CISPLATIN
• PHENYTOIN
• PRIMIDONE
• CHLORAMPHENICOL
• LEVODOPA

• Try Vitamin B complex food sources like milk, cheese, eggs, liver and kidney, chicken, red meat, tuna, mackerel, and 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, liver (avoid this during pregnancy), and breakfast cereals fortified with folic acid.
• Sprinkle 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.

• Clinical monitoring of folic acid, vitamins B12 and B6 levels through blood examinations is recommended.
• Let your doctor and the laboratory staff know if you are using Meconta-LC Tablet 10's since Folic acid may interfere with laboratory tests like urine test for urobilinogen.

Vitamin B12 deficiency (cobalamin deficiency): When your body doesn't have adequate mineral levels called Vitamin B12, it leads to Vitamin B12 deficiency. Symptoms include fatigue, breathlessness, numbness, poor balance, and memory trouble.

Folate deficiency: Folate deficiency occurs when your body won't have enough folate in your diet. Symptoms include fatigue, grey hair, mouth sores, tongue swelling, and growth problems. Folate deficiency leads to anaemia.

Anaemia: It is a condition associated with a decrease in the red blood cells (RBCs) count or haemoglobin in the blood or a lowered ability to carry oxygen. Symptoms include fatigue, shortness of breath, light-headedness, dizziness, and a fast heartbeat.