Active ingredient
Ascorbic Acid
11 medications authorised for sale in Canada contain Ascorbic Acid.
How it is classified
- Alimentary tract and metabolism
- Blood and blood-forming organs
- Nervous system
The anatomical main group records the body system a medicine acts on. It is not a statement of what this ingredient treats, and nothing on this page is. Products containing this ingredient are classified under more than one group.
Products containing Ascorbic Acid
- Ascor L 500
- Hot Lemon Relief for Symptoms of Cold and Flu Extra Strength
- Hot Lemon Relief for Symptoms of Cold and Flu Regular Strength
- Moviprep
- Multi 1000
- Multi 12
- MULTI-12/K1 Pediatric
- Pregvit
- Pregvit Folic 5
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin C
Strengths and forms differ between these products — check them against your own. Containing the same active ingredient does not mean two products can be substituted for each other: whether a substitution is permitted is a provincial decision, and this page does not show it. Ask a pharmacist.
How Health Canada files this ingredient
- ASCORBIC ACID
- ASCORBIC ACID (ASCORBIC ACID)
- ASCORBIC ACID (SODIUM ASCORBATE)
These are the spellings used across the products above, including the specific salt in each. They are grouped here as one ingredient.
Source: Health Canada — Drug Product Database. Data current as of 2026-08-12. Marketed human products only.