Zinkorot is used to treat zinc deficiency, due to the fact that the usual daily allowance of zinc found in a person's diet cannot be reached.
Zinc plays an important role in:
• immune function
• skin integrity
• wound healing
• taste and smell
• thyroid function
• growth and development
• testicular maturation
• neurological function and the action of insulin, a hormone that regulates energy and glucose (sugar) metabolism.
Zinc is necessary for the development and normal physiology of the brain, because it has been shown that the deficiency or excess of zinc contributes to the alteration of behavior, the abnormal development of the central nervous system and neurological diseases.

Do not use Zinkorot:
- if you are allergic to zinc orotate dihydrate or any of the other components of this medicine.

Before using Zinkorot, talk to your doctor or pharmacist.

Pregnancy, breast-feeding and fertility:
If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to become pregnant, ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking this medicine.

Zinkorot should not be used during pregnancy or while breastfeeding unless you have been diagnosed with zinc deficiency.
If zinc deficiency is diagnosed, then Zinkorot can be prescribed during pregnancy or while breastfeeding.

Zinkorot contains less than 1 mmol sodium (23 mg) per dose, i.e. virtually 'sodium free'.

Driving vehicles and using machines:
There are no data on the influence of Zinkorot on the ability to drive or use machines.
However, special care should be taken if you know you have taken more Zinkorot than you should.

Taking more than you should of this medicine may cause nausea and vomiting, lethargy (drowsiness), headache and dizziness and may impair your ability to drive or operate machinery.

Always use this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you.
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.

The usual dose is:
Adults and adolescents (12-17 years old), the recommended dose is 12.5 - 25 mg zinc (equivalent to ½ tablet, respectively 1 Zinkorot tablet) daily.

Administration in children:
Administer to children only when they can safely swallow this medicine.

Children under 6 years of age:
Children under the age of 6 should not be treated with Zinkorot. Other pharmaceutical forms may be more appropriate for this age group.

Mode of administration:
Zinkorot must be taken orally, with a sufficient amount of liquid and with an obvious break from meals.
Each tablet can be divided into equal halves.
Zincorot should not be taken with a meal.

Duration of treatment:
Duration of administration depends on therapeutic success. Please ask your doctor or pharmacist for recommendations.

If you have any further questions about this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

- The active substance is zinc. One tablet contains 25 mg of zinc, corresponding to 157.36 mg of zinc orotate dihydrate.
- The other components are: anhydrous colloidal silicon dioxide, microcrystalline cellulose, povidone K30, croscarmellose sodium, talc, magnesium stearate.

Warning:
Read the leaflet carefully and completely before you start using this medicine because it contains important information for you.

20 tablets