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Submitted by icadmin on Fri, 14/04/2017 - 10:25

Conmel who are the only supplier of 5mg folic acid tablets in the Irish market have had a production issue and will be out of stock of Folic Acid 5mg until the end of May 2017.

In the meantime you can source it from McDowells (1000 for €8) and Medisource (28 for €3) according to unconfirmed reports. Contact details if required are available from our contacts page.

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