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Hi doctor am from village, I am. breastfeeding mother and my sister is pregnant. Both afe using same govt provided tablets like calcium (500 mg and vit 250ui) and folic acid 0.5 mg tablets is thi worth or shall I consult private hospital and take private medicine like supracal or orofer or vehycal xt tablets please do suggest or what the dosage we can consume.
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no you can continue with the government supply but do take it regularly....take folic acid once daily and calcium twice daily. iron supplements are also needed (in government supply iron and folic acid are combined)
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You can take government supplied medicines. Take it regularly
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