Prenatal Multivitamins
Are drugstore prenatal vitamins a good source for multivitamins?
Was just wondering if you could take drugstore prenatals as an alternate for a multivitamin, even if you're not pregnant or planning to get pregnant.
I have no intention of getting pregnant (nor am I married) and I have been taking prenatal vitamins for nearly 7 years. I wanted to take them years ago b/c of my hair and also I didn't do well with regular multi-vitamins. I found out later from a pharmacist at my local Wal-Mart that the prenatal vitamin is the best vitamin for a woman to take b/c it has all she needs in the way of vitamins. I buy my prenatals at Wal-Mart. You can also find them at Target and other similar stores and organic stores as one of the other posters mentioned.
I asked my dr if it was ok to take and she said yes and that several of her other patients did as well.
Check with your dr though to make sure it's ok for you to do.