Vitamins

Question 1

What is thiamine commonly used for?

Answer 1

Wernicke’s encephalopathy and Korsakoff’s psychosis

Question 2

What is thiamine?

Answer 2

B1

Question 3

What are some names of calcium and vitamin D formulas and what are they used for?

Answer 3

calcium carbonate, calcium gluconate, colecalciferol, alfacalcidol
to treat osteoporosis, CKD, hyperkalaemia, hypoclacaemia, vit D deficiency

Question 4

What are some adverse effects of calcium and vit D?

Answer 4

dyspepsia, constipation

IV - cardiovascular collapse, local tissue damage if subcut

Question 5

What are some warnings and interactions of calcium and vitamin D?

Answer 5

don’t give in hypercalcaemia

oral calcium can alter absorption of many drugs

Question 6

What are some names of iron tablets and what are they used for?

Answer 6

ferrous fumarate, ferous sulfate

to treat or as prophylaxis of iron-deficiency anaemia

Question 7

What are some adverse reactions of iron tablets?

Answer 7

GI disturbance - nausea, epigastric pain, constipation, diarrhoea, black stools
hypersensitivity

Question 8

What are some cautions and interactions of iron?

Answer 8

oral iron - can exacerbate iron disease
IV - atopic predisposition could have anaphlaxis
Interactions - reduce drug absorption so take other tablets 2 hours before