Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
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Nothing to addWhat this medicine is for
Pharmacologically, Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) relates to the category “vitamin”. This vitamin is a nutrient that the body uses in low doses; here it is the active substance of the product.
For Vitamin C (ascorbic acid), in practice: Vitamin C intake. Here we are on the nutrient side: an intake, to be distinguished from a conventional treatment.
Under which brands it is found
In France, about 36 reimbursable presentations containing Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) are recorded. It comes under various trade names and in generic form.
- Ascorbate De Calcium Richard Adultes
- Aspirine Upsa Vitaminee C Tamponnee Effervescente
- Cernevit
- Cyclo
- Efferalgan Vitamine C
- Fero-Grad Vitamine C
- Fervex Adultes
- Fervex Adultes Framboise
- Betaselen
- Laroscorbine
- Moviprep
- Moviprep Orange
- and other presentations
Original brand-name products and generics deliver the same active substance; the choice between them is made with your doctor or pharmacist.
Do you need a supplement? No.
We put forward no supplement for Vitamin C (ascorbic acid): that would be forcing a need that does not exist. The great majority of medicines call for no particular supplementation, and acknowledging this is part of the way we work. We design a supplement only where the data support it, across five specific classes.
Talk about it in the community
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