Folic Acid 5 mg tablet
What is Folic Acid used for?
Folic acid helps your body produce and maintain new cells, and also helps prevent changes to DNA that may lead to cancer. As a medication, folic acid is used to treat folic acid deficiency and certain types of anemia (lack of red blood cells) caused by folic acid deficiency.
From the medicine catalogue, not written by us. It describes the molecule in general, not your situation — what you were prescribed it for is on your prescription.
What it costs
| Source | Pack | Price | Per tablet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Branded Folvite (5 mg) | 45 Tablets | ₹68 | ₹1.51 |
| Jan Aushadhi Government generic | 15's | ₹4.13 | ₹0.28 |
| NPPA ceiling Legal maximum | 1 Tablet | ₹1.55 | ₹1.55 |
MRP is subject to change. These prices come from a dated snapshot — always check the price printed on the pack.
How much of it to take
This catalogue does not carry dosing information. How much to take, and how often, depends on you — your age, weight, kidney function and the other medicines you are on — so it comes from your prescription or your doctor, not from here.
Before you switch to a cheaper version
These products have the same composition, strength and dose form. Prices vary by brand and pharmacy — confirm cost and suitability with your doctor or pharmacist before switching.
Two cautions worth carrying into that conversation. A modified-release product (marked SR, XR, CR or ER) is not interchangeable with a plain one of the same strength. And for a small group of medicines with a narrow safe range — warfarin, thyroxine, phenytoin, lithium, some immunosuppressants — staying on one brand is the safer default, and any change should be monitored.
Other products with the same composition (72 in the catalogue)
Listed alphabetically, with products sold under the molecule name first — those are typically the cheapest on the shelf.
| Product | Maker | MRP |
|---|---|---|
| Folic Acid Tablets I.P. (folic acid) 5 mg oral tabletgeneric-named | Healthy Life Pharma Private Limited | — |
| Afol (folic acid) 5 mg oral tablet | Lincoln Pharmaceuticals Limited | ₹14.5 |
| B-Fol (folic acid) 5 mg oral tablet | Plus India | — |
| Chewfol (folic acid) 5 mg oral tablet | Dewcare Concept Private Limited | ₹13 |
| Cufol (folic acid) 5 mg oral tablet | Cubit Health Care Private Limited | — |
| D-Fol (folic acid) 5 mg oral tablet | Daksh Pharmaceuticals Private Limited | ₹12 |
| Elfol (folic acid) 5 mg oral tablet | Captab Biotec Limited | ₹30 |
| F Cian (folic acid) 5 mg oral tablet | Cian Healthcare Limited | — |
| FA OD (folic acid) 5 mg oral tablet | Satven And Mer Pharma Private Limited | ₹9.26 |
| FH-12 (folic acid) 5 mg oral tablet | Bestochem Formulations (India) Limited | ₹15 |
| Fa (folic acid) 5 mg oral tablet | Glyco Labs Private Limited | ₹12 |
| Facitab (folic acid) 5 mg oral tablet | Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Limited | ₹6.6 |
| Floral (folic acid) 5 mg oral tablet | Drakt Pharmaceuticals Private Limited | ₹23 |
| Flovin (folic acid) 5 mg oral tablet | Digmedi Private Limited | — |
| Fol-5 (folic acid) 5 mg oral tablet | Zydus Healthcare Limited | — |
| Folacid (folic acid) 5 mg oral tablet | Shalina Laboratories Private Limited | ₹31.95 |
| Folacin (folic acid) 5 mg oral tablet | Mars Life Sciences Limited | ₹9 |
| Folaid (folic acid) 5 mg oral tablet | Sterling Laboratories Private Limited | ₹27 |
| Folat (folic acid) 5 mg oral tablet | Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited | ₹6.9 |
| Folat-5 (folic acid) 5 mg oral tablet | ATOZ Pharmaceuticals Private Limited | — |
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Where to buy the generic
Jan Aushadhi Kendras are government-run stores selling the same molecules under their generic names. There are several thousand across India; the prices above are the PMBI list price. Any pharmacy can also dispense a generic if you ask for the composition rather than the brand.
General information, not medical advice. Prices are from a dated snapshot and change — the pack is the authority. Always talk to a qualified doctor or pharmacist about your own medicines.
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