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Is it safe to crush prenatal vitamins and put them in my food? the pill is too big to swallow whole

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Dr. Rahil Malik answered

Yes: That will be absolutely fine to get your daily dose of vitamins. Best wishes Dr M

Answered 5/12/2016

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