Author's response to reviews Title: Effect of Iron Content on the Tolerability of Prenatal Multivitamins in Pregnancy Authors:
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Based on our observations at the Motherisk Program (Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada), we have noticed that prenatal multivitamin supplementation has been a challenge among pregnant women. Our interest was to study prenatal multivitamin supplementation among this specific group of women to determine what aspects of the supplement and the pregnancy experience affect supplementation compliance and tolerability. To our knowledge, this study has not been conducted in this manner previously.
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Effect of iron content on the tolerability of prenatal multivitamins in pregnancy
BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal irritability can deter pregnant women from starting or continuing prenatal multivitamin supplementation. In a previous study, suboptimal tolerability was observed among pregnant women taking a large tablet (18 mm x 8 mm x 8 mm) multivitamin with high elemental iron content (60 mg as ferrous fumarate). The objective of the present study was to compare rates of adheren...
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