• 671.37 mg (R, R, R) -α-tocopherol

• Soybean oil, refined
• gelatin
• Glycerol 85%
• Sorbitol 70
• Purified water

Indication / Vitamin E deficiency application

• This medicine is a vitamin supplement.
• It is used to treat vitamin E deficiency.
• It is not suitable for treating vitamin E deficiency, which is associated with impaired absorption of vitamin E from the intestine. In these cases, parenteral preparations (syringes) are available.

dosage

• Always take this medicine exactly as directed. Please ask your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
• Unless otherwise prescribed by your doctor, the usual dose is:
  • Adults:
    • Adults take 1 soft capsule daily (equivalent to 671.37 mg RRR-a-tocopherol).
• The duration of the intake depends on the course of the underlying disease. Please ask your doctor about this.

• Please talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you have the impression that the effect is too strong or too weak.

• If you take more than you should
  • Dangerous symptoms as a result of an overdose (hypervitaminosis) are not known.

• If you forget to take a dose
  • Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose. Continue to use as described in the dosage instructions.

• If you have any further questions on the use of the medicinal product, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

way

• Please swallow the soft capsule whole with sufficient liquid (preferably a glass of drinking water [200 ml]).

Side Vitamin E deficiency effects

• Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
• When evaluating side effects, the following frequencies are used as a basis:
  • Very common: affects more than 1 in 10 people
  • Common: affects 1 to 10 users in 100
  • Uncommon: affects 1 to 10 users in 1,000
  • Rare: affects 1 to 10 users in 10,000
  • Very rare: less than 1 in 10,000 patients treated
  • Not known: frequency cannot be estimated from the available data
• Long-term ingestion of doses of more than 400 mg RRR-a-tocopherol per day (corresponding to one soft capsule) can lead to a decrease in the thyroid hormone level in the blood.
• At high doses in the range of 800 mg RRR-a-tocopherol per day (corresponding to two soft capsules) gastrointestinal complaints very rarely occur.
• Please inform your doctor or pharmacist if any of the listed side effects gets serious, or if you notice side effects that are not listed.

Interactions

• The way this medicine works is affected in the following ways:
  • The effect can be reduced if medicinal products containing iron are administered at the same time.
• The effect of the following drugs or groups of preparations can be influenced by simultaneous treatment:
  • The inhibition of blood coagulation by drugs from the group of vitamin K antagonists (phenprocoumon, warfarin, dicumarol) can be increased if vitamin E is taken at the same time. Blood coagulation should therefore be carefully monitored.
• Please inform your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking / using or have recently taken / used any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription.

Contraindications

• Do not take this medicine
  • if you are hypersensitive (allergic) to vitamin E or any of the other ingredients.

pregnancy Vitamin E deficiency and breast feeding period

• Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking any medicine.
• During pregnancy, you should consume 13 mg of vitamin E daily.
• Vitamin E crosses the placenta. So far, no damage has been observed in the unborn child (even with higher ingestion).
• You should consume 17 mg of vitamin E daily while breastfeeding. Vitamin E gets into breast milk.

Patient Vitamin E deficiency information

• Take special care when taking
  • if you are taking certain medicines to prevent blood clotting at the same time. Please ask your doctor about this.
  • if you also have a vitamin K deficiency. In the case of combined vitamin E and vitamin K deficiency caused by malabsorption, blood coagulation must be carefully monitored, as there has been a sharp drop in vitamin K in individual cases. Please ask your doctor about this.

• Driving and using machines:
  • There are no special precautions required.