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When Should Iron And Calcium Supplements Be Taken In Pregnancy?
Question: hello doctor....my wife is 3 months pregnant. she is taking iron and calcium suppliments right now, which she has to take after lunch each day. she is complaining its leave a bad taste afterwords in her mouth till she takes her dinner, which sometimes trigger vomitting. I just wanted to know can she take those pills just before lunch or will it create some problem?
Brief Answer:
can take it before lunch
Detailed Answer:
Hello Mr XXXXXXX thanks for trusting health care magic.
There is no harm in taking it before lunch.
She can have lunch after taking medicine.
Iron has this side effect of causing bad taste and a little gastric acid problem too.
Also she can try taking the tablet of iron at night with dinner because after that she can sleep and will not experience the bad taste for long.
Timing of medicine is not important in case of iron tablets but she should take it daily without missing any.
Take care. In case you have other questions you can contact me directly on http://bit.ly/drmanishajain
can take it before lunch
Detailed Answer:
Hello Mr XXXXXXX thanks for trusting health care magic.
There is no harm in taking it before lunch.
She can have lunch after taking medicine.
Iron has this side effect of causing bad taste and a little gastric acid problem too.
Also she can try taking the tablet of iron at night with dinner because after that she can sleep and will not experience the bad taste for long.
Timing of medicine is not important in case of iron tablets but she should take it daily without missing any.
Take care. In case you have other questions you can contact me directly on http://bit.ly/drmanishajain
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