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Vitamin d drops
I'm giving vitamin D 3 drops 1.5 ml (macbrite) and iron drops 1.3 ml (tonoferon) fory 9 months old
Doctor changed this quantity suddenly from 1ml of vitamin drops and 0.5ml of iron drops
Worried about the dosage.
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Continue syrup D3 as 1 ml and syrup multivitamin 0.5 ml
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Continue as pediatric doses varu with weight and investigations. If child is gaining weight weight , then supplements need to be given according to that.
So nothing to worry
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Continue. It depends on composition of medicine
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Hello Vitamin D 400IU /day is sufficient for infants ..
If your medication contains 1 mL -800IU you must be giving 0.5 mL everyday..
If it is 1 mL 400 IU you should be giving 1 mL daily ..
Tonoferon drops 0.4- 0.5ml is sufficient..
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Vitamin D 3 should be 400 IU once a day till 1 year of age and
Iron should be 4-5mg/kg/ day as tonoferon has 1ml has 25mg..
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Vit d (400 iu/ 1 ml) 1ml once a day or 800iu/1ml 0.5ml once a day
Tonoferron can be continued
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Dr. Bhatt Vivek Prafulchandra
Pediatrician
5 yrs exp
Rajkot
Consult with Pediatrician physically for further evaluation and treatment
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Dr. Jyothi
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4 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Depends on the composition of the drops and weight of the child....
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Dr. Ankur Gupta
Pediatrician
12 yrs exp
Lucknow
Hello need to know the chemical composition of both the drops what you r giving as some drops have different composition of iron and vit d in one ml .
Then only we can correctly prescribe you
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Dr. Venkatesh Badugu
Pediatrician
9 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Yes continue Tonoferon
Give Vitamin D3 1ml/800IU 0.5ML DAILY ONCE
Orelse Vitamin D3 1ml/400IU 1ml daily once
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