ملٹی وٹامن · daily multi
Weak evidence
A sensible floor under a poor diet. Not a treatment, and not a reason to skip a blood test.
This is information, not medical advice. This page is information, not medical advice. Nothing here is a prescription, a diagnosis or a recommendation to take anything, and none of it replaces a doctor who knows your history. Supplements are not harmless because they are natural: they interact with prescription medicines, some are unsafe in pregnancy, and a few can cause real damage. Talk to a doctor or pharmacist before starting anything here, especially if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, under 18, have a liver, kidney or heart condition, or take any regular medication. Never stop a prescribed antidepressant to try a supplement instead.
A single tablet containing small amounts of most vitamins and minerals.
Trials in healthy adults report modest reductions in perceived stress and tiredness; evidence for treating depression or anxiety is weak. What a multivitamin does well is cover small gaps. What it does badly is correct a real deficiency, because the amounts are too low - which is why finding a deficiency matters more than covering one.
One daily, with food.
Recorded because a person who has decided to try something will find a number somewhere, and a forum's number is worse than a trial's. It is not a recommendation, and the right amount for you depends on things only a doctor who knows your history can weigh.
Check it against everything else you take: B6, vitamin A, iron and zinc all stack across products. Multivitamins containing iron should be kept away from children. High-dose vitamin A is unsafe in pregnancy - use a pregnancy-specific product.
Enormously popular and heavily marketed. If money is tight, a blood test for vitamin D, B12 and ferritin buys more useful information than a year of multivitamins.
Tell your doctor or pharmacist about everything else you take, prescription and herbal both. If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, under 18, or have a liver, kidney, heart or thyroid condition, ask first. And if what brought you here is that you have been feeling low or frightened for weeks, that deserves more than a supplement — ask us anything, anonymously, or talk to us on WhatsApp.