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I take prenatal vitamins but the iron made me severely constipated a few weeks ago and i got very sick. should i continue taking the vitamins?

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You can: Daily bulk products (such as miarlax) and stool softeners (such as collace) will probably help with the constipation problem.

Answered 10/13/2013

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