VITAMIN B2 0.5% 2 ml. 10 ampoules

What is vitamin B2 SOPHARMA AND WHAT IT IS USED
Used as adjunctive therapy in patients with symptoms of vitamin B2 deficiency in the following conditions and diseases:
Riboflavinov primary deficit (failure);
Syndrome of nutritional deficiency (malnutrition) in: premature newborns, malnutrition with protein-energy deficit, starvation, chronic alcoholism, anorexia nervosa (lack of desire for eating);
Impaired absorption of vitamin B2 in the malabsorption syndrome (abnormal resorption) at: IBD - Crohn's disease and ulcerative (ulcerative) colitis, gluten-sensitive enteropathy (Celiac) and non-tropical shpru, inflammatory and fistula stenosis; conditions after gastrointestinal operations (subtotal and total gastrectomy, major operations bowel syndrome "short bowel", postoperative stenosis and fistulas);
Increased loss due to vitamin B2: enhanced its degradation (newborns with hyperbilirubinemia treated with ultraviolet light, extensive burns and fever); increased urinary excretion (prolonged parenteral nutrition, chronic hemodialysis in chronic renal failure);
Relative vitamin B2 deficiency congenital enzyme defects: methemoglobinemia in infants.

2. BEFORE YOU USE VITAMIN B2 SOPHARMA
Do not use Vitamin B2 Sopharma:
if you are allergic (hypersensitive) to the active substance or to any of the ingredients of the drug.
Take special care with Vitamin B2 Sopharma
The product turns the urine yellow-orange color.

Using other medicines
Sopharma vitamin B2 can be used together with other vitamins and minerals.
Tell your doctor if you take:
chlorpromazine - increases excretion of the vitamin in the urine;
probenecid - reduced separation in the urine.
Co-administration (in the syringe) for various kinds of incompatibilities is unacceptable to:
benzylpenicillin and oxacillin (inactivation and precipitation of antibiotic);
macrolides (formation of an insoluble precipitate);
chloramphenicol (precipitation);
Vitamin B1 (oxidation of vitamin B1);
vitamin B12 (vitamin B2 destruction of cobalt ions);
vitamin C (inactivation of vitamin B2).
Please tell your doctor if you are taking or have recently taken any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription.

Use of Vitamin B2 Sopharma with food and drink
There are no restrictions.

Pregnancy and lactation
Can be used during pregnancy and lactation in medical doses.

Driving and using machines
No effect.

3. HOW TO USE VITAMIN B2 SOPHARMA
The product is intended for intravenous or intramuscular administration and is administered by qualified medical personnel.
The dosage and duration of administration are determined by your doctor.

Method of administration
The recommended daily dose is 5 to 30 mg per day administered intravenously or intramuscularly in conditions of deficiency of vitamin B2.

If you have any further questions on the use of this product, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

4. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
Like all medicines Sopharma Vitamin B2 can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
The product is well tolerated. In rare cases are possible skin reactions - urticaria (hives) and pruritus. In hypersensitive patients in very rare cases may occur edema edema (pronounced swelling of the throat and choking), which requires immediate treatment in a specialized hospital.

If any of the side effects gets serious, or you notice other effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor.

5. HOW TO STORE VITAMIN B2 SOPHARMA
Store in original container, protected from light.
Do not store above 25 ° C.
Do not freeze!
Keep out of reach of children.
Do not use Vitamin B2 injection after the expiry date stated on the packaging. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
Medicines should not be disposed of via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medicines no longer required. These measures will help to protect the environment.

6. FURTHER INFORMATION
What Vitamin B2 Sopharma
The active ingredient is sodium riboflavinfosfat, eq. 10 mg riboflavin in a 2 ml injectable solution.
Other ingredients are: citric acid monohydrate, glycerol, water for injections.