Friday, August 11, 2017

Essential Phospholipid:Livolid and Livolin Forte

Availability in Hospital Keningau
  • Livovid (Essential Phospholipid)

Content
Livovid (%US RDA)
Livolin Forte (US RDA)*
Essential Phospholipid
500mg
300mg
Vitamin B1
3mg(200)
10mg(666.67)
Vitamin B2
3mg(177)
6mg(352.94)
Vitamin B6
3mg(150)
10mg(500)
Vitamin B12
3mcg(100)
10mcg(500)
Nicotinamide
15mg(75)
30mg(157.89)
Vitamin E
3.3mg(10)
10mg(66.67)


Table 1.0 Content of Livovid and Livolin Forte (*current product)
  
Recommended daily dose:
  • The dosage for Livovid is 1 to 2 softgels daily or as directed by physician
  • The dosage of Livolin Forte is 1 capsule 3 times daily after meal or as directed by physician
Content:
  • The content of Essential Phospholipid in Livovid is higher than Livolin Forte while the content of vitamins are higher in Livolin Forte.
  • All the contents are within Tolerable Upper limit except Vitamin B1(Not established),Vitamin B12(Not established) and Nicotinamide (30-35mg/daily).
Nicotinamide:
  • High-dose nicotinamide should still, however, be considered as a drug with toxic potential at adult doses in excess of 3 gm/day and unsupervised use should be discouraged.
  • Nicotinamide has an off label use for pellagra with 100mg every 6 hours for several days and followed by 50mg every 8-12hours
Vitamin B12:
  • Maximum daily intake unlikely to cause adverse health effect thus no upper limit is established.
  • For Vitamin B12 deficiency may take up to 1000-2000mmcg daily for 1-2 weeks orally
Vitamin B1:
  • Large doses have been seen particularly in the treatment of Wernick Korsakoff Syndrome(10mg-1500mg daily)
References:
  • Livovid Product Information
  • Livolin Forte Product Information
  • http://frantzmd.info/Alternative%20Medicine/Tolerable%20Upper%20Limits.htm
  • https://www.consumerlab.com/RDAs/
  • https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminB12-HealthProfessional
  • Lexicomp
  • FUKKM

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