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What is the dose for folic acid for pregnant women?
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400 micrograms: The recommendation is to take at least 400 micrograms daily starting 3 months before getting pregnant. Essentially all prenatal vitamins or daily multivitamins have this in it already.
Answered 11/28/2015
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