Hovid Folic acid 5mg is manufactured with Pharmaceutical Standards, used by doctors, for replenishment of folic acid levels in people with folic acid deficiency anemia. Folic acid 5 mg is also given to pregnant women at 1st trimester to effectively prevent a birth defect problem caused by improper development of nerves systems in the feotus. Women who are pregnant or might become pregnant take folic acid to prevent miscarriage and “neural tube defects,” birth defects such as spina bifida that occur when the fetus’s spine and back do not close during development.
