I habe consulted 2 pediatricians and both have prescribed different dosage of Befer Iron drops. One has prescribed 0.5ml daily and second has prescribed 1ml daily. Any suggestion from anyone on this?

1 Answer

Dr Vandan H KumarFather of a 7 yr 4 m old boy2 years ago

A. you can start with 0.5 ml once a day and if the child is tolerating then after one month you can shift to 1 ml per day iron supplements because sometimes increased those can cause gastritis

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