Vivonex Plus - 2.8 oz packets

• 100% free amino acids & additional free glutamine
• Enhanced arginine and branched-chain amino acids
• Especially useful in stressed, catabolic patients
• High-nitrogen, very low fat, elemental diet

Vivonex Plus is a complete elemental formula for oral or tube feeding. It is a 100% free amino acids diet for total enteral nutrition. Additional free glutamine, enhanced arginine and branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) contents make it especially useful in stressed, catabolic patients. May be used post-operatively as an enteral alternative to TPN and may also benefit patients with gastrointestinal impairment.

• Bowel Resection
• Crohn's Disease
• Early Post-Operative Feeding
• Gastrointestinal Impairment
• Gastrointestinal Fistula
• Gluten Intolerance
• Impaired Digestion and Absorption
• Lactose Intolerance
• Limited Gut Function
• Radiation Therapy
• Surgery
• Critical Illness
• Pre/Post Surgery
• Short-Bowel Syndrome
• Chylothorax
• Malabsorption
• IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease)
• Radiation Enteritis
• Transitional feeding
• Bowel resection
• Malabsorption syndrome
• Select trauma/surgery
• Early/post-operative feeding
• Crohn’s disease
• Intestinal failure

NOT FOR PARENTERAL USE and not for individuals with galactosemia

This product is a medical food for use as directed by a medical professional. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease.

Maltodextrin (corn), L-glutamine, food starch modified, L-leucine, L-arginine acetate, soybean oil, L-lysine acetate, magnesium gluconate, L-isoleucine, L-valine, calcium glycerophosphate, L-phenylalanine, L-threonine, potassium citrate, L-cysteine hydrochloride monohydrate, citric acid, L-methionine, L-tyrosine, L-histidine monohydrochloride monohydrate, L-aspartic acid, L-proline, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate dibasic, L-tryptophan, potassium chloride, choline bitartrate, L-serine, L-alanine, glycine, ascorbic acid, potassium sorbate, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, L-carnitine, taurine, zinc sulfate, niacinamide, ferrous sulfate, alpha tocopheryl acetate, D-calcium pantothenate, BHA/BHT (to preserve freshness), alpha tocopherol (to preserve freshness), copper gluconate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, manganese sulfate, vitamin A palmitate, riboflavin, thiamine hydrochloride, folic acid, biotin, chromium chloride, potassium iodide, sodium molybdate, sodium selenite, phytonadione (vitamin K1), cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12), cholecalciferol (vitamin D3). Product information and values are subject to change. Ingredient and nutrition information current as of April 2008.