What is Folic Acid?
Folic acid is the synthetic version of Vitamin B9, or folate
Folic acid is used to:
- Treat folate deficient anaemia
- Help baby’s brain, skull and spinal cord development during pregnancy
- Help reduce side effects from methotrexate
Test workflow
High folate
High levels of folate in the blood may mean the patient eats a lot of folate rich foods, takes vitamins or supplements.
There is no harm to having high folate values. These can be filed.
Vitamin B12
If vitamin b12 is low or high: allocate results to GP
If vitamin b12 is normal: file the results