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Maternal (Expert Forum)
Misscarriage
Patient medical question and answer from The Maternal and Child Health Forum. Health topic area and articles about newborn care
Doctor's Answer
by hfhsmdrcs, Feb 23, 1999 12:00AM
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Dear Sue:
Many health providers recommend a multivitamin in ladies who are attempting to become pregnant. There is no evidence that this prevents miscarriage. There is strong evidence that folic acid 0.4 mg reduces the risk for a spine formation problem named open neural tube defect.
Vitamin C is an antioxidant: it has been promoted to protected against many problems, including the common cold. 100 mg daily is an effective dose and doses up to 1000 mg daily have no known risks.
Vitamine E is a second antioxidant and has an interaction with selenium. Dosage is 30 to 100 mg daily (1 mg = 1 IU). For selenium, doses of 100 ug/day are safe for children and adults.
These agents would do no harm: there is no science that supports miscarriage prevention.
Keywords: vitamins C and E, selenium
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