A multivitamin is a preparation intended to be a dietary supplement with vitamins , dietary minerals , and other nutritional elements. Such preparations are available in the form of tablets, capsules, pastilles, powders, liquids, and injectable formulations. Other than injectable formulations, which are only available and administered under medical supervision, multivitamins are recognized by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (the United Nations authority on food standards) as a category of food . Multivitamin supplements are commonly provided in combination with dietary minerals. A multivitamin/mineral supplement is defined in the United States as a supplement containing 3 or more vitamins and minerals that does not include herbs , hormones , or drugs , where each vitamin and mineral is included at a dose below the tolerable upper level, as determined by the Food and Drug Board, and does not present a risk of adverse health effects. The terms multivitamin and multimineral are often used interchangeably. There is no scientific definition for either. In otherwise healthy people, scientific evidence indicates that multivitamin supplements do not prevent cancer, heart disease, or other ailments. However, there may be specific groups of people who may benefit from multivitamin supplements (for example, people with poor nutrition or at high risk of macular degeneration ).
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Every day by 3:45 - 4:30 pm I feel drousy and tend to seelp for 10min on the seat. I have noticed this happens only when i am in office. On the week ends or when i am not at office i do not feel this tendency....
I had a tattoo done yesterday as well as my nipples pierced. There is no redness or soreness around the sites. I got up this morning and everything was fine. At 9a I took my hydrochlorothiazide and I started taking vitamin D and a multivitamin....
Hello..My Mom's age is 57 years. .And now she is complaining that she is getting more saliva after having her morning tea or lunch,She is having slow movement of hand and legs also,palpitation,depression. This is because she is not having her...
Recently, I developed swelling under my right shoulder blade (back) due to a muscle injury and I have spasms. Worrying about the Diagnostic Mamogram, which turned out excellent, I lost some weight. I began to eat three meals a day (Mostly...
My daughter is suffering from renal tubular acidosis. This was diagnosed when she was one year old. She is on schols solution 25 thrice a day, potassium 5 ml twice a day, multivitamin 5 ml twice a day and calcium 5 ml once a day. She is stable...
Can you please let me know that why ebexid tablet is taken. One of my friend has been asked to take this as multivitamin.
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11 month old infant is not crawling, standing, walking or sitting. Does it indicate any abnormality?
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My daughter is around 11 months...She remains active all the day and sleeps normally. Though her naps are still small but most of the time she spends sleeping. She is remains healthy and her playful activities...
I am a vegetarian, mostly on a vegan diet, only occasionally consuming milk. Should I consider some multivitamin tablets/ supplements as I am prone to illnesses quite often and and I tend to fall sick often. Are there...
I tried so many times B-12 including multivitamin but I feel dizzy and also feel uncomfortable. I always feel tired, never feel fresh after rest or sleep, lack of concentration, weekness, falling hair, burning eyes...
I just took a handful of vitamin supplements, and it felt like they didn't go completely down, so when i drank more water, I got an intense stabbing pain in upper esophagus, that area immediately puffed out and the...
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Hi sir, My daughter is around 4 yrs old. She doesn t have interest in food at all. We are perplexed now. We don t know what s the exact problem. She gets sick now and then. Even she doesn t drink water properly. We have given many times multivitamin+ lysine but of no use. Kindly suggest what should we do now. Currently we are in ssss
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My child eats well and is active also. But some people say he still needs extra. What is the best multivitamin to give a child? Is it necessary?
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I just started to take Multivitamin supplement its called Mega Men Sport by GNC. I also want to take anyother nutritional drug called Race Caps Supreme, its for endurance athletes like myslelf. It seems to have different ingredients than the Mega Men Sports. This helps you with ehancing energy and recovery. My question is do you think its a good...
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My father-in-law has high BP . He is 51years old and has no other health problems. He is overweight . He is taking medicines regularly. Is there anything else that he can do to improve BP control and health? Which multivitamin is the best one- as some people says he can take any multivitamin and that it is not compulsory.
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hiii! respected sir/madam i am 28 years old & my knees sounds when i bend it.but no pain.so what vitamin supplements i have to take to cure this.please reply
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Hi, my two-year old son just got into his vitamins and I think he may have eaten some. The thing is, that I don t know for sure that he even got any, and if he did, it couldn t have been more than a few. He was only alone for literally two minutes at the most and when I found him he was sitting there with the bottle open and just one in his...
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Hi Ada. My daughter who is 9 has just hd Malaria (we live in Africa). She is very pale and tired which is to be expected to a degree but I suspect that she very drained. She is depressed - if that s possible. What can i do to get her back on track. She takes Omega supplements and a multivitamin . What else can I do. The prro thing is bck t...
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Hi, my daughter is 2 years and 8 months old. Her height is 93.8 cm and weight is 11.1 kg. She eat well and i give her 400 ml milk and one egg daily. Is the weight normal? Her health is normal and very active. But the weight doesn t increase. Is she need any additional multivitamin?
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I took an Ibuprofin about 8 hours ago. Is it safe to take a multivitamin?
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Hello Doctor , I have been taking Evion 200 because of hyper pigmentation in my face for a month. It was worth it. Two week I was prescibed Neurobion ( Multivitamin tablet) by a doctor along with other tablets as i was sick. Do i need to continue with Evion tabs since i am taking Multivitamin tab. Does it give the same result.
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