MULTIVITAMINS

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What is the most significant information I must know about multivitamins?

• Never take more than the recommended doze of a multivitamin. Avoid taking more than one multivitamin product at the same time unless your doctor tells you to. Taking similar vitamin commodity together can result in a vitamin overdose or serious side effects.

• Search abnormal medical attention if you think you have used too many of this medication. An overdose of vitamins A, D, E, or K can reason serious or life-threatening side effects. Determined minerals contained in a multivitamin may also reason serious overdose symptoms if you take too much.

• Do not take this medication with milk, another dairy commodity, calcium supplements, or antacids that contain calcium. Calcium may create it harder for your body to absorb determined ingredients of the multivitamin.

What is a multivitamin?

• Multivitamins are a combination of much various vitamins that are normally found in foods and another natural sources.

• Multivitamins are used to provide vitamins that are not taken in through the diet. Multivitamins are also used to treat vitamin deficiencies (lack of vitamins) caused by diseases, pregnancy, poor nutrition, digestive disorders, and much another conditions.

• Multivitamins may also be used for another purposes not listed in this medicine guide.

What must I discuss with my healthcare provider till taking multivitamins?

• Much vitamins can reason serious or life-threatening side effects if taken in big doses. Do not take more of this medication than directed on the label or predesigned by your doctor.

• Till you use multivitamins, speak your doctor about all your medical conditions and allergies. In some cases, you may not be able to use multivitamins, or you may need a doze adjustment or particular precautions.

• Your doze needs may be various during pregnancy. Do not take multivitamins without telling your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. Some vitamins and minerals can harm an unborn child if taken in big doses. You may need to use a prenatal vitamin specially formulated for pregnant women.

• Multivitamins can pass into breast milk and may harm a nursing child. Do not use this medicine without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.

How must I take multivitamins?

• Use exactly as directed on the label, or as predesigned by your doctor. Do not use in larger or less amounts or for longer than recommended.

• Much multivitamin commodity also contain minerals such as calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, and zinc. Minerals (especially taken in big doses) can reason side effects such as tooth staining, heighten urination, stomach bleeding, uneven heart course, confusion, and muscle weakness or limp feeling. Read the label of any multivitamin product you take to create certain you are aware of what it contains.

• Take your multivitamin with a full glass of water.

• The chewable tablet should be chewed till you swallow it.

• Measure liquid medication with a particular dose-measuring spoon or medication cup. If you do not have a dose-measuring device, ask your pharmacist for one.

• Use multivitamins regularly to get the most benefit. Get your prescription refilled till you run out of medication completely.

• Store at room temperature away from moisture and heat. Hold the liquid medication from freezing.

• Store multivitamins in their original container. Storing multivitamins in a glass container can ruin the medication.

What happens if I miss a dose?

• Take the missed doze as soon as you remember. Skip the missed doze if it is nearly time for your following scheduled doze. Do not take extra medication to create up the missed dose.

What happens if I overdose?

• Search abnormal medical attention or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222. An overdose of vitamins A, D, E, or K can reason serious or life-threatening side effects. Determined minerals may also reason serious overdose symptoms if you take too much.

• Overdose symptoms may include stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, loss of appetite, hair loss, peeling skin, tingly feeling in or near your mouth, changes in menstrual periods, weight loss, severe headache, muscle or joint pain, severe back pain, blood in your urine, pale skin, and light bruising or bleeding.

What must I avoid while taking multivitamins?

• Avoid taking more than one multivitamin product at the same time unless your doctor tells you to. Taking similar vitamin commodity together can result in a vitamin overdose or serious side effects.

• Avoid the regular use of salt substitutes in your diet if your multivitamin contains potassium. If you are on a low-salt diet, ask your doctor till taking a vitamin or mineral supplement.

• Do not take this medicine with milk, another dairy commodity, calcium supplements, or antacids that contain calcium. Calcium may create it harder for your body to absorb determined ingredients of the multivitamin.

What are the possible side effects of multivitamins?

• Get abnormal medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your person, lips, tongue, or throat.

• When taken as directed, multivitamins are not expected to reason serious side effects. Smaller serious side effects may include:

· upset stomach;

· headache; or

· unusual or unpleasant taste in your mouth.

• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

What another drugs will affect multivitamins?

• Multivitamins can interact with determined medications, or affect how medications work in your body. Ask a doctor or pharmacist if it is safety for you to use multivitamins if you are also using any of the next drugs:

· tretinoin or isotretinoin;

· an antiacid;

· an antibiotic;

· a diuretic or "water pill";

· heart or blood pressure medications;

· a sulfa drug; or

· NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)--ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), naproxen (Aleve), celecoxib, diclofenac, indomethacin, meloxicam, and others.

• This list is not complete. Another drugs may interact with multivitamins and minerals, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal commodity. Not all possible interactions are listed in this medicine manual.

Where can I get more information?

• Your pharmacist can provide more information about multivitamins.

Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.

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