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Re: folic acid dosage for dr sam
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 10 Jul 2002 15:14:35 +0200

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Hi Teresa,
I asked this question specifically, because I know some drs think more is better. This is not the case. Folic acid is water soluble and anything that is more than the daily consumption is pissed out. 800 mcg (0,8 mg) folic acid is proved to reduce the risk of neural tube defects but more does not reduce this risk further, it's just wasting the substance. For your info
Sam
> the reason my dr has me on such a high dose is that my husband was born
> with a birth defect(spina bifida) and had a sister who died at age 2
> from a birth defect(3 chambered heart) whe said we have a higher risk of
> having a child with a birth defect and this dosage will put us at better
> odds of having a healthy child thanks for the info
> teresa
>
> At Wed, 10 Jul 2002, =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi wrote:
> >
> >Hi Teresa,
> >
> >It is very common, but this is only the outer shell of the pill, which is
> >constructed so, that the active ingredient (metformin) slowly dissolves.
> >Neither metformin nor the other insulin sensitizers are "safe" during pgy,
> >but there is enough experience with metformin to suggest taking it (because
> >the risk of miscariage and gestational diabetes are grater than the risk of
> >harming the embryo). You need only 0,8 mg folic acid.
> >For your info
> >
> >Sam
> >

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