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What can you take/do if you have toxic levels of vitamin a?

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Stop taking vit A: How do you know you have toxic levels of vitamin A? Unless you are polar bear liver or have been taking mega doses of vitamin A you are not likely to have hyepervitaminosis A and you should see your doctor to be evaluated. See this site for more info. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000350.htm

Answered 12/18/2018

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