Follic acid

a crystalline vitamin of the B complex used in treating nutritional anemias

Description
Follic acid is given as a supplement to patients with increased erythropoiesis (i.e. thalassemia major or intermedia, sickle cell disease, other hemolytic anemias). It is also prescribed to women who want to conceive, is given at high dose till the end of the first trimester and is administered to patients with hyperhomocysteinemia.