Ecofol Tablet

Short Description

Ecofol is a brand of Calcium folinate pentahydrate, a salt of folinic acid used in chemotherapy involving methotrexate.

Dosage Form

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Introduction

Ecofol is a medication used in combination with other chemotherapy drugs to enhance effectiveness or as a chemoprotectant. It is also useful in treating megaloblastic anemia. Folinic acid, the active ingredient, is a 5-formyl derivative of tetrahydrofolic acid that is readily converted to other reduced folic acid derivatives, providing vitamin activity equivalent to folic acid.

Use under medical supervision.

Side Effects

Not specified

Interacting Medicines

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Folinic acid allows for some purine/pyrimidine synthesis to occur in the presence of dihydrofolate reductase inhibition, enabling some normal DNA replication and RNA transcription processes to proceed.

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