Patient's question:
I and my husband are preparing to have a little baby. It is said that folic acid needs to be supplemented before pregnancy. However, there are simply too many pregnancy multivitamin and folic acid tablets on the market. I can't even choose among them, and I really don't know which one to buy. So, I want to ask everyone.What kind of help do I need: Which brand of folic acid tablets is the best?
Doctor's answer:
If you only need to supplement with regular-dose folic acid, you can either buy Slian Folic Acid Tablets (the only folic acid supplement approved by the Chinese National Administration, containing only 0.4 milligrams of folic acid per tablet) or purchase pregnancy-specific multivitamin tablets that include folic acid. As for whether pregnancy-specific multivitamin tablets or folic acid-only tablets are better, in reality, the folic acid content in pregnancy-specific multivitamin tablets is generally above 400 micrograms. If you are already taking multivitamin tablets, you usually don't need to supplement with folic acid additionally. Currently, there is also a type of "folic acid tablet" on the market used for treating anemia, which contains 5 milligrams of folic acid per tablet (equivalent to 5,000 micrograms), which is 12.5 times the normal dosage of folic acid. In the early stages of pregnancy, doctors recommend small-dose folic acid tablets for most pregnant women. Therefore, you must be careful not to buy blindly to avoid adverse effects on yourself and the fetus.