Medicine for infants

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My son age 4month/6kg is breast feed from birth till now. Paediatrician prescribed vit A to Z, ossopan D, calshine P drops daily. Is it necessary to give him all these vitamins. He is fine otherwise. I am having concerns over all these foreign chemicals going in his system even if I do not consider the probability of fake medicines being circulated through vendors.

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Dr. Sreedhar RS Pediatrician 24 yrs exp Chennai · Accepted Answer

Dr. Sreedhar RS

Pediatrician 24 yrs exp Chennai

Hi. Generally I recommend multivitamin(A to Z) and vitamin D(calshine) drops and sometimes Iron drops to all babies. It improves their nutrition and helps them to grow better. I avoid calcium supplements (ossopan D) unless the baby is low birth weight.

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