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One a day prenatals contain polyvinyl alcohol and polyethylene glycol - is this safe to take when pregnant?

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Safe?: Polyvinyl alcohol and polyethylene glycol are used to suspend the vitamins. In the pharmaceutical world they are the excipients used to bind the tablets or suspend the drug in a gel. The amounts in prenatal vitamins are very small and are completely safe to take in the dosage intended - one a day.

Dr Petruska agreed

Answered 9/16/2017

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