Andreafol 0.4 mg 90 Tabletten

AndreaFol with the active ingredient folic acid is a medicine for the prevention of neural tube defects in the expectant child. These are very rare but serious malformations that result in the spinal column (the "neural tube") not closing properly in the embryo. These children then have an open spine ("spina bifida"). Many of them remain disabled or are not viable.

Medical research has shown that neural tube defects can be almost completely avoided if the mother is provided with sufficient folic acid.

Various medical professional organisations (including the Swiss Society of Paediatrics and the Swiss Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics) and the Federal Office of Public Health recommend that all women who want to become pregnant (or could become pregnant) or who have just become pregnant should take a folic acid supplement. who have just become pregnant to take 0.4 mg of folic acid every day in addition to a diet rich in folic acid.

Folic acid is particularly important for women who have stopped taking the pill in order to have children. Contraceptive hormone preparations lower the folic acid level in the body and thus increase the risk for the child.