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Model List of Essential Medicines

clear Found 16 recommendations for 12 medicines and 2 therapeutic equivalents
27. Vitamins and minerals
  1. Ascorbic acid General information
    Section
    Vitamins and minerals
    • Oral > Solid: 50 mg
    Indications
    Scurvy
  2. Calcium General information
    Section
    Vitamins and minerals
    • Oral > Solid: 500 mg (elemental calcium)
    Indications
    Calcium deficiency
  3. Calcium gluconate General information
    Section
    Vitamins and minerals
    • Parenteral > General injections > IV: 100 mg per mL in 10 mL ampoule
    Indications
    Tetany due to acute calcium deficiency
  4. Colecalciferol General information
    Section
    Vitamins and minerals
    • Oral > Liquid: 400 IU per mL
    • Oral > Solid: 400 IU; 1000 IU
    Indications
    Calcium deficiency Vitamin D deficiency Therapeutic equivalent to ergocalciferol for Vitamin D deficiency Therapeutic equivalent to ergocalciferol for Calcium deficiency
  5. Ergocalciferol General information
    Section
    Vitamins and minerals
    • Oral > Liquid: 250 µg per mL (10 000 IU per mL)
    • Oral > Solid: 1.25 mg (50 000 IU)
    Indications
    Therapeutic equivalent to colecalciferol for Calcium deficiency Therapeutic equivalent to colecalciferol for Vitamin D deficiency Vitamin D deficiency Calcium deficiency
  6. Iodine General information
    Section
    Vitamins and minerals
    • Parenteral > General injections > IM: 0.5 mL (240 mg iodine) iodized oil in ampoule; 1 mL (480 mg iodine) iodized oil in ampoule
    • Oral > Liquid: 1 mL (480 mg iodine) iodized oil in ampoule; 0.5 mL (240 mg iodine) iodized oil in ampoule; 0.57 mL (308 mg iodine) iodized oil in dispenser bottle
    • Oral > Solid: 190 mg
    Indications
    Iodine deficiency
  7. Multiple micronutrient powder General information
    Section
    Vitamins and minerals
    • Sachets containing:
    • - iron (elemental) 12.5 mg (as coated ferrous fumarate)
    • - zinc (elemental) 5 mg
    • - vitamin A 300 micrograms
    • - with or without other micronutrients at recommended daily values
    Indications
    Iron deficiency anaemia
  8. Nicotinamide General information
    Section
    Vitamins and minerals
    • Oral > Solid: 50 mg
    Indications
    Pellagra
  9. Pyridoxine General information
    Section
    Vitamins and minerals
    • Oral > Solid: 25 mg (hydrochloride)
    Indications
    Vitamin B6 deficiency Sideroblastic anaemia Other specified polyneuropathy
  10. Retinol General information
    Section
    Vitamins and minerals
    • Parenteral > General injections > IM: 100000 IU in 2 mL ampoule (as palmitate) water-miscible injection
    • Oral > Liquid: 100000 IU per mL (as palmitate) oral oily solution in multidose dispenser
    • Oral > Solid: 10000 IU (as palmitate) sugar-coated tablet; 200000 IU (as palmitate) capsule; 50000 IU (as palmitate) capsule; 100000 IU (as palmitate) capsule
    Indications
    Vitamin A deficiency
  11. Riboflavin General information
    Section
    Vitamins and minerals
    • Oral > Solid: 5 mg
    Indications
    Vitamin B2 deficiency
  12. Thiamine General information
    Section
    Vitamins and minerals
    • Oral > Solid: 50 mg (hydrochloride)
    Indications
    Vitamin B1 deficiency