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| Drug Name | Form | Strength | ARHS | Blue Ridge | Caldwell | Chatham | Johnston | Lenoir | Medical Center | Nash | Pardee | Rex | Rockingham | Southeastern | Wayne | Youth Behavioral Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin A (as retinol) | CAPSULE, ORAL | 3,000 mcg RAE (10,000 units retinol) | ||||||||||||||
| Vitamin A (as retinol) | SOLUTION, INTRAMUSCULAR | 15,000 mcg RAE/mL (30,000 mcg RAE/2 mL; 100,000 units retinol/2 mL) | ||||||||||||||
| Vitamin A (as retinyl palmitate) | SOLUTION, ORAL | 2500 mcg RAE/mL (30 mL) |
Last updated: Jul. 21, 2023
The FDA has mandated that vitamins previously labeled with international units (IU) must now have doses listed in mg or mcg on the label. For vitamin A, the new unit is mcg of retinol activity equivalents (RAEs). For more information on this conversion, see the Vitamin A Fact Sheet for Health Professionals.
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