Folic Acid dosage

May I know for early pregnancy the mg of folid acid to take.. i am at early pregnancy

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me early pregnancy 5weeks , my ob advised me to take folic acid 5mg

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2y ago

Same here. I was on fertility treatment and even before pregnancy my doctor recommended 5mg of folic acid every morning. Buy them off the shelf from any pharmacy. According to my doctor, don’t bother the “branded” ones because that are micrograms (mcg) and not miligrams (mg) meaning that you’re taking a lot lesser than recommended for pregnancy and they are a lot more expensive. If buying from guardian or watson, find it at the pharmacist area, it’s in a normal medicine packaging with the guardian sticker.