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Re: to much folic acid?

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:15:58 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 18 Apr 2000, pamela wrote: >
>At Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. wrote:
>>
>>At Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Denise wrote:
>>>
>>>Hello,
>>>I'm not to clear on this topic and I appreciate your response. Here's
>>>another ? for ya. Can I be ingesting to much folic acid and would it
>>>harm the baby if I took it along with my prenatal vitamin? My 1st
>>>appointment is the 28th with my OB/GYN should I stop taking the extra
>>>folic tablet and wait and see what he says, or continue until then?
>>>Thanks so much for you help,
>>>Denise
>>
>>Presuming average weight, the standard folic acid in the prenatal
>>vitamin should be enough. No one recommends more than 0.4mg
>>(400mcg.)for a normal weight person with no family history or personal
>>history of neural tube defect.
>>
>>I thought prenatal vitamins that were RX (not otc type) had 1mg (1000mcg) folic acid per tablet..????
>>--

Prenatal vitamins do have 1 mg (1000mcg) nof folic acid, at least the onw I prescribe does. What I wrote was what was recommended.

The US Public Health Service and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists both recommend 0.4mg (400mcg) to help prevent neural tube defects.

For malnourished women, one paper recommended 0.8mg and for women with a previous pregnancy affected by neural tube defects, 4.0mg per day were recommended.

Hope this clears up the confusion. ;-)

--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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