Joined: 14 Nov 2004 Posts: 141 Location: Australia
Folic Acid? Posted: 12-16-04 01:21am
I was just wondering if anyone is taking
multi vitimins as well as folic acid
.....The ones im on has folic acid in it
but only 250mcg.........Can you take too
much folic acid?
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esteeg
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Posts: 106
Posted: 12-16-04 02:07am
Hi there,
i don't think that you can have too much
folic acid, especially during pregnancy.
How many pills do you take a day? The
prenatal vitamin I take contains 800 mcg
folic acid. This is the recommended
amount a day during pregnany. I take one
a day. It is also essential to make sure
that you get enough calcium, protein,
iron, magnesium and b vitamins (b-1, b-2,
b-3, b-5, b-6 and b-12). All the other
vitamins are very important too, of
course, but if you take a good prenatal
vitamin or a multivitamin, you should be
all set.
Hope this helps, this is just to my best
knowledge...
Estee
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Health Angel
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Nov 2004 Posts: 141 Location: Australia
Posted: 12-16-04 05:46am
Thankyou so much. Im not pregnant as yet
but ive started taking folic acid which is
500mcg and in the multi vitimin I take it
contains 250mcg so I guess I should be
alright. I might check with my dr at my
next visit, I didnt know my multivitimin
even contained folic acid till the dr told
me I needed to take it.
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Tazzy D
Advanced Support Team
Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 3718 Location: , va
Posted: 12-16-04 09:13am
Yes you can take to much. Talk to your
doctor or your local pharmacy they an tell
you what to get,
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*Valerie020905*
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 45 Location: Dallas, Tx
Posted: 12-16-04 09:25am
tazzy d
wrote:
yes you can take to much.
Talk to your doctor or your local pharmacy
they an tell you what to
get,
im not sure how much my pretnal pills have
but I do know that it is not enough for my
body...So the dr perscribed me some folic
acid pills and I have to take pills a day
plus my prenatal I have to do this
everytime I get pregnant because my body
doesnt produce all that it needs to during
pregnancy....Something caused from my
system. As long as my son is fine I dont
mind taking any kind of vitamin for him.
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esteeg
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Posts: 106
Posted: 12-16-04 10:50am
tazzy d
wrote:
yes you can take to much.
Talk to your doctor or your local pharmacy
they an tell you what to
get,
hey tazzy,
i didn't know that you can have too much
folic acid. How do you find out if you
have too much or too little? My midwife
said that the prenatal vitamin I take
contains the "perfect" amount of folic
acid (800mcg). What do you think / know
about it?
