Adult Dosing

As dietary supplement

• Male: 15 units PO daily
• Female: 12 units PO daily; 15 units PO daily if pregnant; 19 units per day if breastfeeding

Vitamin E deficiency

• 60-75 units PO daily

Pediatric Dosing

As dietary supplement

• 0-5 months: 4 mg PO daily
• 6-12 months: 5 mg PO daily
• 1-3 yrs: 6 mg PO daily
• 4-8 yrs: 7 mg PO daily
• 9-13 yrs: 11 mg PO daily
• 14-18 yrs: Follow adult dosing

Vitamin E deficiency

• Premature and 0-1 month infants: 25 - 50 units PO daily
• 1 month - 12 yrs: 1 unit/kg PO daily

[Outline]

• Adult Dosing
• Pediatric Dosing

• Vitamin E deficiency
• As a dietary supplement

• Hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients of the product

• N/A

Renal Dose Adjustment

• Renal impairment: Dose adjustments not defined

Hepatic Dose Adjustment

• Hepatic impairment: Dose adjustments not defined

• Necrotizing enterocolitis has been reported with oral administration of large dosages (200 units/day) of vitamin E preparation in low-birthweight infants
• As per one pooled analysis long term use of vitamin E at higher dose (400 mg/day) is associated with an increase in all-cause mortality
• As vitamin E appears to inhibit platelet aggregation and adhesion in vitro, consider the risk of exacerbation of coagulation defect with high dosages of vitamin E in patients who are deficient in vitamin K or are receiving anticoagulant therapy

Cautions: Use cautiously in

• Iron deficiency anemia
• Vitamin K deficiency
• Low birth weight infants

Pregnancy Category:A

Breastfeeding: Safe; compatible and considered safe with breastfeeding.

• CNS: Fatigue, headache, weakness
• EENT: Blurred vision
• GI: Necrotizing enterocolitis (oral administration in low-birth-weight infants), cramps, diarrhea, nausea
• DERM: Rash
• HEMA: Bleeding
• ENDO: Gonadal dysfunction

• Antioxidant; acts to protect cells against the effects of free radicals, which are potentially damaging by-products of the body's metabolism
• 50 to 80% absorbed from gastrointestinal tract
• Metabolized by liver
• Excreted principally in the bile
• Half-life: Unknown

US Trade Name(s)

• Aquasol E

US Availability

tocopherol(generic)

• CAPS: 100, 200, 400, 500, 1000 units

Aquasol E

• DROPS: 15 units/0.3 mL

Canadian Trade Name(s)

• N/A

Canadian Availability

• N/A

UK Trade Name(s)

• Only generic available

UK Availability

vitamin E (generic)

• SUSP: 100 mg/mL

Australian Trade Name(s)

• Bio Enhance Natural E
• BioEnsorb E
• Bioglan Natural E
• Bioglan Water soluble E
• Blackmores BIO E
• Blackmores Natural E
• Cenovis Natural E
• E-Prime
• Ethical Nutrient Natural Vitamin E
• Herron Natural Vitamin E
• Nature's Own Natural E
• Nature's Own Natural Water solubilised E

Australian Availability

vitamin E (generic)

• CAPS: 500 IU

Bio Enhance Natural E, Blackmores BIO E

• CAPS: 250 IU

BioEnsorb E, Bioglan Natural E, Bioglan Water soluble E, Cenovis Natural E, Ethical Nutrient Natural Vitamin E, Herron Natural Vitamin E, Nature's Own Natural Water solubilised E

• CAPS: 500 IU

Blackmores Natural E

• CAPS: 100, 250, 500, 1000 IU
• TABS: 500 IU

E-Prime

• CAPS: 200 IU

Nature's Own Natural E

• CAPS: 100, 250, 500 IU

[Outline]

Nutrition/Electrolytes

Vitamins