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Over the past two years, Walgreens has donated one percent of retail sales from vitamin and supplement purchases, culminating in a total of more than $25 million as of September 2016. Achieving its goal months ahead of schedule, Walgreens continues to work with Vitamin Angels to reach more children in need through the program. "Having Walgreens help us reach 100 million mothers and children in a few short years highlights what can happen when organizations with a shared mission join together for a common good. Together, we are making healthy children and happy moms a reality everywhere. This is a phenomenal accomplishment," said Howard B. Schiffer, president and founder of Vitamin Angels. In early 2015, Walgreens joined Vitamin Angels on two trips to observe our work in action. In the Dominican Republic, the Walgreens team, including members of their corporate office and two store employees, spent five days observing the distribution of vitamin A, albendazole, and multivitamins to communities from Santo Domingo to Santiago.
In Portland, Oregon, the Walgreens team spent a day getting to know several families whose children receive Vitamin Angels' prenatal and children's multivitamins through a local food bank. Recently, select Walgreens team members had the opportunity to travel to Uganda. These visits gave Walgreens the chance to see firsthand the impact their support is making as well as the continued need for vitamins both here in the US and around the world. Vitamin Angels thanks the entire Walgreens team for their incredible commitment and dedication to the partnership and to the children and mothers we serve. Walgreens support makes our work possible.Q: What’s the difference between over-the-counter prenatal vitamins and prescription prenatal vitamins? Is the difference important? A: The studies that have indicated a benefit of folic acid (folate) decreasing the chance of miscarriage and organ abnormalities (specifically, neurotube defects such as spina bifida) have shown that the minimum dosage to acquire this added protection is 400 micrograms (4/10 of a full milligram) a day.
Regarding folic acid, over-the-counter vitamins have this 400 micrograms dose, but prescription vitamins have a full 1000 micrograms (1 milligram). So the advantage to the prescription vitamins is more than enough folate. These also have more iron, as well as formula mixes of other vitamins that have been tested extensively by large corporations who have spent a whole lot of money to ensure a good, safe product. Because the dosages are larger, and therefore prescription, they also have to deal with extra FDA scrutiny, which of course is to your and your baby’s benefit. The problem with prescription vitamins is that some women have trouble tolerating them (nausea, constipation, etc.), so sometimes it’s better for a woman’s nutrition to use the non-prescription vitamins until the side effects subside to the point where she can try a DIFFERENT brand-name prescription vitamin. (Remember, it’s better to get your nutrition from food than only from vitamins when you’re nauseated.)
Because not all brand-name prescription vitamins will be tolerated the same, there should be one with your name on it. Don’t give up on them all because you can’t tolerate a particular one. If you must, choose an over-the-counter multivitamin with the 400 micrograms of folate and some iron. Once again, use a big company brand. Stay away from the health food concoctions recommended by self-appointed experts behind the counters of their own shops. They’re neither doctors, nutritionists, nor obstetricians, unless they have diplomas stating so. (For example, too much Vitamin A can affect the growth of the baby. Too much iron can deposit iron in other organs of a woman’s body. These are the things that the big companies have worked out with billions of dollars worth of research.) If you can’t tolerate ANY vitamins, remember that we got by for millions of years worth of pregnancies without them. But let’s not go back to those days, vitamins-wise, unless there’s no other choice.
The point is that vitamins are not a deal-breaker, but they’re a terrific idea. Content provided on this site is for entertainment or informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical or health, safety, legal or financial advice. Click here for additional information.Sign Up For Our Newsletter We'll email you a 10% discount code to use once on your next order on December 22, 2016 at 3:03 PM, updated EAST BRUNSWICK -- Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday announced the first ongoing national effort by a retailer to offer safe medication disposal kiosks, and also praised Walgreens' decision this week to sell the emergency narcotic overdose medication Naloxone without a prescription in New Jersey. Perched between diabetic socks and gummy prenatal vitamins at the end of Aisle 28, the Republican governor said the move to put the medication disposal kiosks in 16 24-hour Walgreens locations throughout the state would help prevent prescription drug abuse and reduce overdose deaths.
For those in recovery, "the holiday season is a time of enormous triggers," Christie said. "Which is why I am so glad Walgreen's is participating in this." Walgreens, the nation's second-largest drug store chain, announced Wednesday it would expand access to the life-saving anti-opiate drug Naloxone in New Jersey by offering it without a prescription. Naloxone can be used in the event of an overdose to reverse the effects of heroin or other opioid drugs, and is administered by injection or nasal spray. Just how rough was Christie's bad day in Trenton? Christie recounted how at a Wednesday night candlelight vigil in Trenton, the parents of a young man addicted to opioids had discovered their son in his bedroom, dead of an overdose. "If they'd had this drug, maybe they could have saved his life," said the governor, holding a small, pink Naloxone kit no bigger than a cigar in his right hand. The drug has been used more than 22,000 times in New Jersey since 2014.