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What is the difference between prenatal vitamins and a normal multivitamins?

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Dr. Nikolaos Zacharias answered

Specializes in Maternal-Fetal Medicine

More folate, (folic acid) calcium: Pnv have slightly different composition from regular multivitamins: they contain less vitamin a (potentially teratogenic in high doses), more folic acid, more iron and calcium.

Answered 6/10/2018

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