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Folic acid dosage
I'm planning for pregnancy and my doctor prescribed 5 mg folic acid. But along with that am taking prenatal multivitamins which also contains 800 mcg of folic acid in it. Can I have 5mg + 800 mcg on a daily basis until conception or is this an overdose?
Having headache but am unsure if it's related to this so wanted to confirm.
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Recommended dose of folic acid is 5mg. 800mcg folic acid won't have added benefits nor it will cause any harm
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Headache is unrelated to the intake of medicine
Stop multivitamins n just stick to plain folic acid
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