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Prenatal Multivitamin and Multimineral with Iron, Oral capsule, liquid filled

Tobacco

· Severity: Mild

· Notes for Consumers: Although an interaction is possible, people who smoke may take Levomefolate. Smoking may decrease Levomefolate levels in the body. Additional Levomefolate may be recommended if you smoke. Ask your prescriber if you have questions regarding your Levomefolate intake.

· Notes for Professionals: Levomefolate plasma concentrations may be decreased in patients who use tobacco. Monitor patients who use tobacco products for decreased efficacy of levomefolate.

Prenatal Multivitamin and Multimineral with Iron, Oral capsule, liquid filled

Alcohol

· Severity: Moderate

· Notes for Consumers: Ethanol can decrease the actions of Magnesium Salts, by increasing its elimination from the body. To get the best results, limit your intake of alcoholic beverages while taking Magnesium Salts or supplements.

· Notes for Professionals: Excessive ethanol (e.g., alcoholism) may result in increased urinary excretion of magnesium. Avoid high intakes of ethanol while taking magnesium salts.

Prenatal Multivitamin and Multimineral with Iron, Oral capsule, liquid filled

Food

· Severity: Mild

· Notes for Consumers: Food interactions with Cyanocobalamin are for the most part insignificant. However, if you use the intranasal Cyanocobalamin supplements (Nascobal), you should avoid drinking hot liquids or eating very hot foods within 1 hour before or after using the nasal spray or gel. Hot foods/liquids can make the nose runny, which can limit the amount of vitamin absorbed thru the nose.

· Notes for Professionals: The intranasal forms of cyanocobalamin, vitamin B12, should be administered at least one hour before or one hour after ingestion of hot foods or liquids. Hot foods may cause nasal secretions and a resulting loss of medication or medication efficacy. Interactions between foods and oral or injectable forms of cyanocobalamin are not expected.

Prenatal Multivitamin and Multimineral with Iron, Oral capsule, liquid filled

Enteral Feedings

· Severity: Mild

· Notes for Consumers: Most iron supplements do not significantly interact with Enteral Feedings. However, Ferrous Sulfate syrups and elixirs, when given at the same time as Enteral feedings (examples: Boost, Ensure, Jevity, Sustical and others) may cause a thickening of the feeding that may increase the likelyhood of a tube clog. Such interactions are not common. However, to avoid this interaction, ferrous sulfate elixirs at least an hour before taking any nutritional supplement beverages down a tube. Alternatively, your health care professional may be able to recommend an iron supplement that would be less likely to interact.

· Notes for Professionals: Ferrous sulfate elixir has an acidic pH and has been reported to form precipitates with enteral feedings and may clog feeding tubes.

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