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Asked for female, 30 years old from Gurgaon
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Dear lybrate-user,
all multivitamins are available otc without prescription.
I assume you tested for vitamin b12 and vitamin d.
If your levels were found low, you can either go for capsule form or opt for injection route.
Vitamin d in particular is better if taken via injection as vitamin d capsules tend to cause side effects.
Vitamin b12 capsules, however, is easy on the stomach. You can opt for neurobion forte.
Important thing to remember, vitamin b12 and d are fat solu...more
all multivitamins are available otc without prescription.
I assume you tested for vitamin b12 and vitamin d.
If your levels were found low, you can either go for capsule form or opt for injection route.
Vitamin d in particular is better if taken via injection as vitamin d capsules tend to cause side effects.
Vitamin b12 capsules, however, is easy on the stomach. You can opt for neurobion forte.
Important thing to remember, vitamin b12 and d are fat solu...more
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Asked for male, 53 years old from Kochi
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Asked for male, 17 years old from Kota
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Dear lybrate-user, at your age you should be eating 3 large meals viz breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Vitamin b12 is best obtained from animal sources. So if you are vegetarian, must consume dairy products like ghee, curd.
You must increase your time in sunlight exposure. Get vitamin d injection once in a month instead of taking capsules.
Finish dinner by 8 pm as our digestive system is slightly weaker as night approaches.
Avoid packed food such as noodles, pasta, rusk.
Avoid nu...more
Vitamin b12 is best obtained from animal sources. So if you are vegetarian, must consume dairy products like ghee, curd.
You must increase your time in sunlight exposure. Get vitamin d injection once in a month instead of taking capsules.
Finish dinner by 8 pm as our digestive system is slightly weaker as night approaches.
Avoid packed food such as noodles, pasta, rusk.
Avoid nu...more
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Asked for female, 20 years old from Fazilka
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Asked for male, 36 years old from Chennai
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I would like to see the drop you are giving to your baby. The consituents of it could be responsible for the colour change in stools. Other causes include internal bleeding due to an infection (dysentery) or due to erosion of layer of gi mucosa. Text consult to share details.
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Asked for female, 20 years old from Dimapur
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Please note that one need to identify which vitamins/minerals you lack and that needs to be supplement from outside.
A simple home solution is taking a glass of full cream milk twice daily along with banana and dates daily.
Continue it for some time and you need not to take any other synthetic source of multivitimins.
A simple home solution is taking a glass of full cream milk twice daily along with banana and dates daily.
Continue it for some time and you need not to take any other synthetic source of multivitimins.
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Asked for female, 42 years old from Chennai
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