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, but 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 I need: Which brand of folic acid tablets is the best?
Doctor's answer:
If you only need to supplement with a standard dose of folic acid, you can either buy Slian Folic Acid Tablets (the only folic acid supplement approved by the Chinese National Administration, with only 0.4 milligrams of folic acid per tablet) or purchase pregnancy-specific multivitamin tablets containing 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 do not need to supplement with folic acid additionally. Currently, there is also a type of "folic acid tablet" on the market used for treating anemia, with each tablet containing 5 milligrams of folic acid (which is 5,000 micrograms, 12.5 times the normal dosage). In the early stages of pregnancy, doctors recommend small-dose folic acid tablets for most women. Therefore, you must be careful not to buy blindly, as this could have adverse effects on both you and the fetus.