Folic acid: effectiveness, side effects, alternatives
Summary:
Folic acid: folic acid
We study 149,135 Folic acid users. The information eHealthMe analyzes includes:
- Effectiveness of Folic acid- 93 alternative drugs to Folic acid
- 10,509 Folic acid side effects and drug interactions
Phase IV trials are used to detect adverse drug outcomes and monitor drug effectiveness in the real world. With medical big data and AI algorithms, eHealthMe is running millions of phase IV trials and makes the results available to the public. Our original studies have been referenced on 600+ medical publications including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature.
Number of reports submitted per year:

How effective is Folic acid?
- Rheumatoid arthritis - reported by 302 people
- Psoriatic arthritis - reported by 61 people
- Therapeutic drug levels - reported by 47 people
- Folate deficiency - reported by 41 people
- Anemia - reported by 31 people
- Arthritis - reported by 29 people
- Hair loss - reported by 20 people
- Psoriasis - reported by 19 people
- Birth control - reported by 18 people
- Vitamin supplementation - reported by 16 people
- Crohn's disease - reported by 14 people
- Depression - reported by 13 people
- Ankylosing spondylitis - reported by 12 people
- Ulcerative colitis - reported by 11 people
- Anaemia - reported by 10 people
- Epilepsy - reported by 9 people
- Supplementation therapy - reported by 9 people
- Iron deficiency - reported by 8 people
- Memory loss - reported by 7 people
- Anemia - b12 deficiency - reported by 6 people
- Genital warts - reported by 6 people
- Folic acid (folate) - reported by 6 people
- Hyperhomocysteinaemia - reported by 5 people
- Enzyme supplementation - reported by 5 people
- Vitamin e - reported by 5 people
- Heart disease - reported by 5 people
- Fatigue - reported by 5 people
- Vitamin b complex deficiency - reported by 5 people
- Infertility - reported by 5 people
- Deficiency anaemia - reported by 5 people
- Immune system disorder - reported by 4 people
- Preventive health care - reported by 4 people
- Kidney disease - reported by 4 people
- Prophylaxis - reported by 4 people
- High blood cholesterol - reported by 4 people
- Selective deficiency of iga - reported by 4 people
- Familial dysbetalipoproteinemia - reported by 4 people
- Heart attack - reported by 4 people
- Blood homocysteine - reported by 3 people
- Pulse - reported by 3 people
- Thiamine - reported by 3 people
- Deep venous thrombosis - reported by 3 people
- Rickets - reported by 3 people
- Blood homocysteine abnormal - reported by 3 people
- Heart rate irregular - reported by 3 people
Alternative drugs to the conditions Folic acid treats:
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Therapeutic drug levels
- Folate deficiency
- Anemia
- Arthritis
- Hair loss
- Psoriasis
- Birth control
- Vitamin supplementation
- Crohn's disease
- Depression
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Ulcerative colitis
- Anaemia
- Epilepsy
- Supplementation therapy
- Iron deficiency
- Memory loss
- Anemia - b12 deficiency
- Genital warts
- Folic acid (folate)
- Hyperhomocysteinaemia
- Enzyme supplementation
- Vitamin e
- Heart disease
- Fatigue
- Vitamin b complex deficiency
- Infertility
- Deficiency anaemia
- Immune system disorder
- Preventive health care
- Kidney disease
- Prophylaxis
- High blood cholesterol
- Selective deficiency of iga
- Familial dysbetalipoproteinemia
- Heart attack
- Blood homocysteine
- Pulse
- Thiamine
- Deep venous thrombosis
- Rickets
- Blood homocysteine abnormal
- Heart rate irregular
Compare Folic acid with similar drugs, by side effects and effectiveness:
- Folic acid vs. Acetaminophen
- Folic acid vs. Actemra
- Folic acid vs. Advil
- Folic acid vs. Aleve
- Folic acid vs. Arava
- Folic acid vs. Arthrotec
- Folic acid vs. Aspirin
- Folic acid vs. Azathioprine
- Folic acid vs. Azulfidine
- Folic acid vs. Azulfidine en-tabs
- Folic acid vs. Calcium
- Folic acid vs. Celebrex
- Folic acid vs. Cimzia
- Folic acid vs. Cortisone acetate
- Folic acid vs. Curcumin
- Folic acid vs. Cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride
- Folic acid vs. Cymbalta
- Folic acid vs. Diclofenac sodium
- Folic acid vs. Enbrel
- Folic acid vs. Ergocalciferol
- Folic acid vs. Etodolac
- Folic acid vs. Fish oil
- Folic acid vs. Flexeril
- Folic acid vs. Flurbiprofen
- Folic acid vs. Gabapentin
- Folic acid vs. Humira
- Folic acid vs. Hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen
- Folic acid vs. Hydroxychloroquine sulfate
- Folic acid vs. Ibu
- Folic acid vs. Ibuprofen
- Folic acid vs. Imuran
- Folic acid vs. Indomethacin
- Folic acid vs. Ketoprofen
- Folic acid vs. Kineret
- Folic acid vs. Leflunomide
- Folic acid vs. Leucovorin calcium
- Folic acid vs. Lodine
- Folic acid vs. Lortab
- Folic acid vs. Lyrica
- Folic acid vs. Medrol
- Folic acid vs. Meloxicam
- Folic acid vs. Methotrexate
- Folic acid vs. Methotrexate lpf
- Folic acid vs. Methotrexate preservative free
- Folic acid vs. Methotrexate sodium
- Folic acid vs. Methotrexate sodium preservative free
- Folic acid vs. Methylprednisolone
- Folic acid vs. Mexate
- Folic acid vs. Minocycline hydrochloride
- Folic acid vs. Mobic
- Folic acid vs. Morphine sulfate
- Folic acid vs. Nabumetone
- Folic acid vs. Naprosyn
- Folic acid vs. Naproxen
- Folic acid vs. Naproxen sodium
- Folic acid vs. Neurontin
- Folic acid vs. Norco
- Folic acid vs. Nuvigil
- Folic acid vs. Omeprazole
- Folic acid vs. Orencia
- Folic acid vs. Oxycodone and acetaminophen
- Folic acid vs. Oxycontin
- Folic acid vs. Paracetamol
- Folic acid vs. Percocet
- Folic acid vs. Piroxicam
- Folic acid vs. Plaquenil
- Folic acid vs. Potassium chloride
- Folic acid vs. Prednisolone
- Folic acid vs. Prednisolone sodium phosphate
- Folic acid vs. Prednisone
- Folic acid vs. Profen
- Folic acid vs. Relafen
- Folic acid vs. Remicade
- Folic acid vs. Rituxan
- Folic acid vs. Savella
- Folic acid vs. Simponi
- Folic acid vs. Sulfadiazine
- Folic acid vs. Sulfapyridine
- Folic acid vs. Sulfasalazine
- Folic acid vs. Sulindac
- Folic acid vs. Tizanidine hydrochloride
- Folic acid vs. Tramadol
- Folic acid vs. Tramadol hydrochloride
- Folic acid vs. Trexall
- Folic acid vs. Turmeric
- Folic acid vs. Tylenol
- Folic acid vs. Ultram
- Folic acid vs. Vicodin
- Folic acid vs. Vimovo
- Folic acid vs. Vitamin d
- Folic acid vs. Voltaren
- Folic acid vs. Xeljanz
- Folic acid vs. Zorvolex
Common Folic acid side effects:
- Fatigue (9,736 reports)
- Pain (9,552 reports)
- Drug ineffective (8,663 reports)
- Joint pain (7,930 reports)
- Pneumonia (7,199 reports)
- Rashes (7,091 reports)
- Breathing difficulty (7,009 reports)
- Fever (6,222 reports)
Folic acid side effects by duration, gender and age:
- Folic acid side effects (122,667 reports)
Browse all side effects of Folic acid:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zCommon Folic acid interactions:
- Folic acid and Methotrexate (66,805 reports)
- Folic acid and Humira (27,554 reports)
- Folic acid and Prednisone (27,491 reports)
- Folic acid and Enbrel (19,659 reports)
- Folic acid and Remicade (14,462 reports)
- Folic acid and Aspirin (13,209 reports)
- Folic acid and Omeprazole (10,916 reports)
- Folic acid and Acetaminophen (8,217 reports)
- Folic acid and Hydroxychloroquine sulfate (8,074 reports)
- Folic acid and Lisinopril (7,243 reports)
Browse all interactions between Folic acid and drugs from A to Z:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zDo you take Folic acid?
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