Vitamin E (Tocopheryl acetate)

Indications & Dose:

Adults:
Nocturnal muscle cramps: l

• BY MOUTH

400mg daily for 8-12 weeks.

Intermittent claudication:

• BY MOUTH

400mg daily for 12-18 weeks.

Fibrocystic breast disease:

• BY MOUTH

600mg daily for 2-6 months.

CAD: 

• BY MOUTH

100-200mg daily for at least 2 years.

Children: 200mg daily.

Vitamin E deficiency in cholestasis and severe liver disease

• BY MOUTH

Child 1 month–11 years: Initially 100 mg daily adjusted according to response, increased if necessary up to 200 mg/kg daily

Child 12–17 years: Initially 200 mg daily, adjusted according to response, increased if necessary up to 200 mg/kg daily

Malabsorption in abetalipoproteinaemia l

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Adult: 50–100 mg/kg once daily

Contraindications:

Side Effects:

CNS: Fatigue. headache
EENT: Blurred vision
GI: Cramps, diarrhea, nausea
GU: Gonadal dysfunction
METAB: Altered metabolism of thyroid, pituitary, and adrenal hormones
MS: Weakness
SKIN: Contact dermatitis, sterile abscess

Cautions:

Precautions:

Interaction:

Drugs 
Iron: Impaired hematological response to iron in children with irondeficiency anemia

Oral anticoagulants: Vitamin E increases hypoprathombinemic response to oral anticoagulants, especially in doses >400 IU/day

Warnings:

Adverse Effects:

Lactations:

If used above recommended daily allowance doses); recommended daily allowance in pregnancy is 15 IU; excreted into breast milk, 5 times richer in vitamin E than cow’s milk; U.S. recommended daily allowance of vitamin E during lactation is 16 IU

Special Precautions:

Counselling:

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