Folic acid is used for:
1. severe headaches.
2. reducing red blood cell synthesis.
3. red blood cell formation.
4. stool softening.
3
Folic acid (vitamin B9) is required for normal erythropoiesis, or red blood cell formation, and nucleoprotein synthesis.
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