Patient Information

Preconceptional, prenatal and postpartum vitamin supplementation is critical to pregnancy and breastfeeding. Therefore if you are contemplating pregnancy, are pregnant or have just given birth, your health professionals should advise you on the importance of multivitamin supplementation, according to your medical history, your specific state of health and your nutritional needs.

The product information provided in this web site is intended only for the residents of Canada.

PregVit's unique supplementation approach will allow you to attain key nutrient levels of folic acid, iron, calcium, etc. that you may not be able to acquire from your diet alone.

PregVit's unique 2-step approach helps reduce constipation experienced with other brands. Calcium can prevent the iron from being properly absorbed in your body when both elements are included in the same tablet. This is why Health Canada recommends that iron and calcium be taken at different times during the day. PregVit supplies iron in the morning tablet and calcium in the evening tablet to allow your body to optimally absorb the iron.

	1 pink tablet in the morning	1 blue tablet in the evening
	Beta-Carotene Vitamin E Vitamin C Vitamin E1	Folic Acid Vitamin D3 Vitamin B12
Consumer Information (Important information on the proper use of PregVit® and on drug-vitamin interactions) Patents: Canada 2,478,163, U.S. D501,252

How to take PregVit
Take the pink tablet in the morning on an empty stomach with a glass of water to achieve optimal vitamin absorption. Take the blue tablet in the evening within an hour of your meal.

If you are on thyroid medication
If you have been prescribed levothyroxine (Synthroid, Eltroxin and others) to take first thing in the morning on an empty stomach, then the PregVit pink tablet containing iron should be taken 4 hours later. Read more >>

PregVit is now covered by

• Most private insurance plans
• The Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Program for First Nations and Inuit (Exception Centre)
• The Interim Federal Health Program for refugees (on request)

Based on your health assessment and stages of preconception, pregnancy or breastfeeding, your health professionals may prescribe you PregVit folic 5, PregVit or both products successively. Both PregVit folic 5 and PregVit contain the same active ingredients. The one difference between the two products is the amount of folic acid found in each preparation. PregVit contains 1.1 mg of folic acid, whereas PregVit folic 5 provides a high dose of folic acid (5 mg). Click here for more information about PregVit folic 5.

If you want to know more about nutrition and the role of vitamins and minerals before, during and following pregnancy, please visit nutritioninpregnancy.org.

Duchesnay (Laval, Canada) manufactures PregVit folic 5 and PregVit according to rigorous industry standards and evidence-based data in order to maximize the nutrients’ potential protective effect for the baby as well as for the mother.