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Folic acid
Essential medicine status
Section:
10. Medicines affecting the blood 10.1. Antianaemia medicines
ATC codes: B03BB01
EMLc
Indication
Folate deficiency anaemia ICD11 code: 3A02.Z
INN
Folic acid
Medicine type
Chemical agent
List type
Core (EML)
(EMLc)
Formulations
Oral > Liquid: 1 mg per mL (EMLc)
Oral > Solid: 1 mg tablet ; 5 mg tablet
EML status history
First added in 1977 (TRS 615)
Changed in 1979 (TRS 641)
Changed in 1991 (TRS 825)
Changed in 2003 (TRS 920)
Changed in 2007 (TRS 950)
Changed in 2025 (TRS 1064)
Sex
All
Age
Also recommended for children
Therapeutic alternatives
The recommendation is for this specific medicine
Patent information
Patents have expired in most jurisdictions
Wikipedia
Folic acid
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Folic acid
Summary of evidence and Expert Committee recommendations
Following the review of the age-appropriateness of formulations on the EMLc, the Expert Committee recommended: - the addition of folic acid oral liquid 1 mg/mL to the EMLc