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Is it safe to take biotin 5, 000 mcg once a day?
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Yikes: That is a lot of biotin. It is 200 times the recommended daily intake. I don't believe there have been any scientific studies showing the safety of taking that much, although, there is nothing to say it is clearly dangerous either.
Answered 2/9/2021
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