Folstar Capsule 10's

Your doctor may prescribe this medicine to treat several conditions, including:

• Diabetic neuropathy and nerve pain: Helps repair nerve fibres and reduces symptoms like numbness, burning, and tingling in the hands and feet.
• Pregnancy nutritional support: Assists in the healthy structural development of the baby's brain and spinal cord while protecting against neural tube defects.
• Cognitive and brain health: Supports brain cell communication, helping to maintain memory and general mental function.
• High homocysteine levels in the blood (hyperhomocysteinemia): Helps lower homocysteine levels, which may support heart, blood vessel, and nerve health.

Folstar Capsule provides the following benefits when used as suggested:

• Nerve Pain Relief: This medicine helps relieve nerve pain by correcting nutritional deficiencies that affect nerve health. With regular use, many people notice a gradual reduction in burning, tingling, or stabbing sensations. Improved symptom control may also make daily activities and sleep more comfortable.
• Supports Nerve Health: Supports faster recovery of damaged nerves by promoting myelin sheath regeneration (repair of the protective coating around your nerves).
• Supports Healthy Pregnancy: For expectant mothers, it provides a highly absorbable form of folate and essential fatty acids, ensuring peace of mind by actively supporting healthy fetal brain development.

• Folstar Capsule can be taken with or without food as advised by the doctor.
• Follow your doctor’s instructions on the dosage and timing of this medication to ensure safety.
• Swallow Folstar Capsule as a whole with a glass of water.
• Do not chew, crush, or break it.

• Eat a balanced diet: Complement your treatment by eating foods naturally rich in vitamins and healthy fats, such as wild-caught fish, walnuts, leafy greens, and eggs.
• Manage blood sugar levels: If you are taking this for diabetic nerve issues, keeping your blood sugar within your target range is vital to prevent ongoing nerve damage.
• Avoid excessive alcohol consumption: Limit your alcohol intake, as heavy alcohol use can damage nerve cells directly and reduce your body's ability to absorb important B vitamins, making this supplement less effective.
• Incorporate gentle exercise: Activities like daily walking, swimming, or stationary cycling improve blood flow to your extremities, which supports nerve repair and reduces numbness.

• Inspect Capsule Before Use: Inspect the capsule before each dose; do not take it if the outer shell appears cracked, soft, leaking, or discoloured.
• Check Expiration Date Before Use: Always check the packaging expiration date before use and discard the product if the date has passed.
• Inform Lab Technician About B-Vitamin Use: If you need to undergo any laboratory blood tests, let the technician know you are taking B-vitamin supplements, as they can occasionally interfere with certain test results.
• Inform Surgeon: Inform your surgeon or dentist that you are taking this medicine before any scheduled procedure. DHA may have a small effect on blood clotting at high supplemental doses, but the risk is generally low at the doses commonly used in nutritional supplements. Your doctor will advise whether you need to stop taking it before surgery.