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Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation in Thalassemia
maha:
Hi SF
Here too docs do not reccomend folic acid for thal majors. Their argument is as too why help the body to produce more faulty RBC`s. But my son takes 1mg of folic acid daily.
maha
nice friend:
Hi ALL :
--- Quote ---Here too docs do not reccomend folic acid for thal majors
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--- Quote ---when I moved to US, the hematologist told my parents to discontinue folic acid. I don't remember why
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Same here , my Doctor also discontiued Folic acid almost 2 years ago, i never asked why , , soo dont know the reason ...
Take Care
Umair
Dori:
I should take 5mg daily. :biggrin
Sharmin:
I was also giving my son folic acid - Dr. Vichinsky said that it was not necessary so I stopped giving it to him. He didn't say that there was harm in giving it to him he just said that it wasn't necessary ??? ??? My thought is that folic acid has other uses than just helping make blood..hmmm
Narendra:
From a study, it seems Folic Acid is helpful.
Check out the complete clinical trial results at http://www.ams.ac.ir/AIM/0693/0019.pdf
From the conclusion section of the above trial:-
--- Quote ---In conclusion, we recommend prophylactic and routine folic acid supplementation for all patients with β-thalassemia major and intermedia.
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