Indications
* Supplement zinc in cases of:
- Children with rickets, growth retardation.
- Pregnant women and nursing mothers.
- People going on a diet or having an unbalanced dietary.
- Patients providing ingestion by intravenous route.
- Acute and chronic diarrhea.
* Treatment zinc deficiency:
Mild to moderate zinc deficiency in cases of:
- Malnutrition
- Digestive disturbances: anorexia, indigestion, mild constipation, nausea and vomitting in pregnancy.
- Recurrent infections of respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, skin.
- Dry skin, slow-healing wound (burn, ulcer…).
- Dry eyes, corneal ulcer, night blindness.
Severe zinc deficiency, characterized by skin and mucosa lesions such as enteritis, dermatitis of head-legs, dystrophia unguium (wrinkles, white spots, slow growth), xerophthalmia, perivulvitis, diarrhoea.
Compositon/Ingredients
Zinc gluconate 70mg
Dosage and administration
- Supplementary dosage: Use ½ to 2 tablets daily.
- Treatment dosage: 1-2 tablets/time x 3 times/day depending on the severity of deficiency.
- Take drugs after meals. For infants, tablets can be crushed and mixed in sugar juice before drink.
- Dose should be reduced when the clinical symptoms improved.
Storage
At cool dry place, below 30ºC, protect from light.
