Pharmacy Daily | Multivitamins in pregnancy

A NEW study from Denmark has indicated there may be a modest increase of early foetal death associated with the use of multivitamins during pregnancy. For late foetal death, the study concluded that there may be a decreased risk. The authors said the data is not strong or conclusive either way and should not dramatically influence behaviour relating to vitamins during pregnancy. “Further studies on preconceptional multivitamin use are needed to guide public health recommendations,” they conclude. Published in the International Journal of Epidemiology and titled ‘Periconceptional intake of vitamins and fetal death: a cohort study on multivitamins and folate,’ the study involved 35,914 women in the Danish National Birth Cohort who at recruitment had reported the number of weeks of supplement use during a 12-week periconceptional period. The main takeaway message was summarised in the accompanying editorial which said that the study should not be interpreted “as evidence against current recommendations for folate supplementation. “Neither is there strong enough reason to conclude that folate-only supplements should be preferred over multivitamins.” To access the abstract of the study, CLICK HERE.

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