Vitamin B5
Name: Vitamin B5
Dosing & Uses
Dosage Forms & Strengths
tablet
- 100mg
- 200mg
- 500mg
Recommended Daily Intake
Take with food if administered orally
Men & Women >14 years: 5 mg/day
Pregnant women: 6 mg/day
Lactating women: 7 mg/day
Dietary Supplement
5-10 mg PO qDay
Neurodegeneration (Orphan)
Penatothenate phosphate
Orphan designation for pantothenate kinase assoicated neurodegeneration (PKAN)
Sponsor
- Retrophin, Inc; 777 Third Avenue, 22nd Floor; New York, NY 10017
Dosage Forms & Strengths
tablet
- 100mg
- 200mg
- 500mg
Recommended Daily Intake
Take with food if administered orally
<6 months: 1.7 mg/day
6-12 months: 1.8 mg/day
1-3 years: 2 mg/day
3 - 8 years: 3 mg/day
8 -13 years: 4 mg/day
13-18 years: 5 mg/day
Warnings
Contraindications
Hypersensitivity
Pregnancy & Lactation
Pregnancy Category: Not studied
Lactation: Not studied
Pregnancy Categories
A:Generally acceptable. Controlled studies in pregnant women show no evidence of fetal risk.
B:May be acceptable. Either animal studies show no risk but human studies not available or animal studies showed minor risks and human studies done and showed no risk.
C:Use with caution if benefits outweigh risks. Animal studies show risk and human studies not available or neither animal nor human studies done.
D:Use in LIFE-THREATENING emergencies when no safer drug available. Positive evidence of human fetal risk.
X:Do not use in pregnancy. Risks involved outweigh potential benefits. Safer alternatives exist.
NA:Information not available.