FDA CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION - Infant Overdose Risk With Liquid Vitamin D

SILVER SPRING, Md., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning of the potential risk of overdosing infants with liquid vitamin D.

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Some liquid vitamin D supplement products come with droppers that could allow parents and caregivers to accidentally give harmful amounts of the vitamin to an infant. These droppers can hold a greater amount of liquid vitamin D than an infant should receive.

Get more information, including FDA's recommendations for giving safe doses of vitamin D to infants, at http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm214343.htm

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