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Table 5 Description of pharmaceutical knowledge about medical supplement safety during pregnancy

From: Knowledge and practice of community pharmacists regarding the safety of drugs during pregnancy: a cross-sectional study from a developing country

Supplement

Safe

Must evaluate risk/benefit

Not safe

I don’t know

Frequency (%)

Vitamin A

31 (15.0)

31 (15.0)

135 (65.2)

10 (4.8)

B Vitamins

170 (82.1)

23 (11.1)

6 (2.9)

8 (3.9)

Vitamin C

200 (96.6)

6 (2.9)

1 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

Vitamin D

179 (86.5)

19 (9.2)

4 (1.9)

5 (2.4)

Vitamin E

126 (60.9)

47 (22.7)

19 (9.2)

15 (7.2)

Vitamin K

98 (47.3)

61 (29.5)

30 (14.5)

18 (8.7)

Zinc acetate

156 (75.4)

35 (16.9)

1 (0.5)

15 (7.2)