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Can A 8 Year Old Child Be Given Adult Multi-Vitamin ?

I am giving my 8 year old son One Daily For Women since it contains more Calcium and Vit D,so is it okay with those ingredients in this product:

I mainly have concern about Iron content!Please,your feedback

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size : 1 Tablet
Amount Per Serving		% Daily value*
Vitamin A2500IU	50
Vitamin C60mg	100
Vitamin D1000IU	250
Vitamin E30IU	100
Vitamin K25mcg	31
Thiamin (B1)1.5mg	100
Riboflavin (B2)1.7mg	100
Niacin (B3)10mg	100
Vitamin B62mg	100
Folate,Folic Acid,Folacin400mcg	100
Vitamin B126mcg	100
Biotin30mcg	10
Pantothenic acid5mg	50
Calcium450mg	45
Iron18mg	100
Magnesium50mg	13
Zinc15mg	100
Selenium20mcg	29
Copper2mg	100
Manganese2mg	100
Chromium120mcg	100

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Permalink Reply by Gina Manning on April 5, 2013 at 10:58pm

Have you done a dietary log yet. We had to do one the last time we saw Dr. Wong and it turns out our boys get enough calcium from the food they eat. Too much calcium can cause kidney stones. We give them liquid vitamin D3 from wellesse.com.
Gina

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Permalink Reply by bob on April 6, 2013 at 6:40pm

I have 2 boys with dmd . Ihave both of them on oscal 2 am and 2 pm , their bones were weakened from prednisone but the calcium has actually made their bones denser. My oldest had suffered from fractures from falling, but has since we started Oscal. I think it is 500mg calcium w/ 400IU D. (might be other way around). Good Luck and God bless our children ....please.

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Permalink Reply by Liisa Underwood on April 7, 2013 at 3:03pm

I would run this by a nutritionist. There are some things in the adult vitamins that ARE too high for any kid.

My personal favorites that were approved by my son's nutritionist:

Nordic Naturals Omega-3 6 9 D Junior™ Lemon -- 90 Softgels

Nature's Plus Animal Parade® VitaGels Natural Cherry -- 90 Softgels

New Chapter Bone Strength Take Care® -- 120 Tablets

Protandim - great for muscle recovery and reduction of muscle crams. Email fellow DMD mom, Kimberly Procko <kimberlyprocko@gmail.com> for additional details. Her proceeds benefit CureDuchenne - 5% - 9% of all product sales go to fund Duchenne research through Cure Duchenne.

JuicePlus http://www.liisalovesjuiceplus.com/ (all DMD families can buy this from me with all proceeds donating to PPMD. I do not keep a dime of the share I receive. For each paying adult, one child gets a free supply for up to 3 years as long as the adult continues for that entire time. Catch is you get to fill out a quarterly survey - that's it.) This has boosted our immune system's ability to fight off colds. We are not cold-free but the colds are very infrequent now and Connor has managed to avoid some of the big, bad cooties that come through public schools.