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What is Betafast? Betafast drug includes 3 main ingredients: vitamin B1, vitamin B6 with a content of 125mg and vitamin B12. The drug is effective in treating symptoms of vitamin B deficiency and detoxification due to alcoholism.
1. What diseases does Betafast treat?
Betafast is used in the treatment of the following diseases:
Deficiencies of group B vitamins, headaches, weakness in children, slow growth. Treatment of nervous system abnormalities such as neuralgia, peripheral neuritis, optic neuritis, neuritis caused by diabetes and alcohol abuse, polyneuritis , paresthesia, shoulder-brachial syndrome, neurasthenia, sciatica and convulsions due to increased induction of central nervous system. Shingles nerve disease. Prophylactic treatment of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. Treatment of anemia caused by vitamin B6 and vitamin B12 deficiency, Recovery and maintenance of health after illness, during periods of overwork are common to the elderly.
2. How to use and dose of Betafast
For adults: dose is 1 tablet/time x 2 times/day. For children over 12 years old: dose is 1 tablet x 1 time/day. Or use as directed by the treating physician. People who take high doses of vitamin B6 2–7 g/day (or more than 0.2 g/day for more than two months) develop sensory neuropathy with symptomatic signs of ataxia and numbness of the legs. hand. These signs and symptoms should be reversed after stopping Betafast after 6 months.
3. Undesirable effects of the drug Betafast
Vitamin B1: Sometimes hypersensitivity reactions and some other undesirable effects such as feeling of warmth, prickling sensation, itching, pain, urticaria, weakness, sweating, vomiting, loss of energy may occur. sleep, throat tightness, angioedema, respiratory depression, cyanosis, pulmonary edema, gastrointestinal bleeding, vasodilation, transient hypotension, vascular collapse and possibly death. Vitamin B6: Long-term use of high doses of vitamin B6 may aggravate peripheral neuropathy.
4. Betafast drug interactions
Vitamin B1 enhances the effects of neuromuscular blocking drugs. Vitamin B6 reduces the effectiveness of Levodopa, but this interaction is unlikely to occur when used with a dopa decarboxylase inhibitor. Vitamin B6 reduces the activity of Altretamine, reducing the concentration of Phenobarbital and Phenytoin in the serum. Certain medications can increase vitamin B6 requirements such as Hydralazine, Isoniazid, Penicillamine and oral contraceptives.5. Some notes when using Betafast drug
5.1. Contraindications of the drug Betafast People who are sensitive or hypersensitive to vitamin B1, vitamin B6 and other components of the drug. People with malignant masses. Patients with allergies such as asthma or eczema. 5.2. Precautions for Betafast The effectiveness and safety of Betafast in children has not been evaluated. Do not use Betafast drug for pregnant women because it can cause drug dependence syndrome in the newborn. For women who are breastfeeding: Vitamin B6 may cause lactation inhibition by blocking the action of prolactin.
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