Folic Acid
Page last reviewed: 06 July 2025
Page created: 06 July 2025
Page created: 06 July 2025
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Your recent blood tests have shown that you are lacking an essential vitamin called folic acid.
We have arranged a prescription of folic acid supplements for you to collect from Reception or from your usual Pharmacy of choice.
In most cases, this 3 month course is all that is required to bring levels back to normal.
Please click here for a fact sheet about folic acid.