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Is It Safe To Give Nutrilite And Vitamin-C 500mg Extended Release Daily To An Elderly Person?

Posted on Mon, 4 Apr 2022

Question: Is it safe to give Nutrilite daily {Amway}(multivitamin capsules) to my grandmother?If not can she take vitamin c 500mg extended release at 86 years age?

Answered by Dr. Vaishalee Punj (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Vitamin B and C can be taken safely

Detailed Answer:

Hello,

Nutrilite daily Amway capsule has many ingredients. Other than Vitamin B and C all other vitamins tend to accumulate in body and produce side effects. Secondly it also has some ayurvedic/herbal ingredients that may have side effects.

So I will suggest that for routine use she may take a combination of B and C only e.g becoosule capsule.
Yes she can take Vitamin C 500 mg extended release.

Hope this helps. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Dr. Vaishalee

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Vaishalee Punj (1 hour later)

Can she take NUTRILITE Natural B with yeast is a nutritious formula of seven essential B-vitamins (B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, folic acid and B12), plus Inositol and PABA (para-amino-benzoic-acid)
And
NUTRILITE® Natural C(120 N tablets) antioxidant supplement contains isolated Vitamin C & acerola cherry concentrates
Once daily?

Answered by Dr. Vaishalee Punj (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
I will not experiment on her

Detailed Answer:

Hi,

Both Nutrilite B and C contain herbal extracts which can be strong or have gastrointestinal side effects especially in old age. I will not experiment on her with such herbal products. I will rather give her time tried and tested supplements that only contain vitamin B and C.

Dr. Vaishalee

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar