Prenatal vitamins and hypothyroidism

[Fredbra]

Getting conflicting information online and from doctors... Are prenatal vitamins safe for women with hypothyroidism as most contain 100% RDI iodine? Anyone on here who has been taking them, do you have any recommendations for specific brands that are better than others?

Thanks in advance for all the help!

[greygoose]

If, by prenatal vitamins, you mean a multi-vit, possibly not, no. These multis contain things like iodine - as you said - calcium, iron, vit D, zinc, copper, which are things that should be tested before you take them to make sure you need them, because excess is a very bad thing.

Even if you do need all these things, which is highly doubtful, there are many, many other reasons why crowding a bunch vitamins and minerals on one pill, to be all taken together, is a very bad idea for everyone, not just hypos. Iron, for example, should be taken on its own, at least two hours away from everything else - except vit C - because it compromises the absorption of just about everything.

But, iodine is the worst, as far as hypos go.