Vitamins "Multi-Tabs" for children

When parents select a vitamin preparation for their child, they often pay attention to complex supplements from reputable manufacturers. One of these supplements are the Multi-tabs complexes from Pfiser. Which of the preparations of this vitamin line are designed for children, when should they be taken and how to do it correctly?

Under the brand Multi-tabs produced such vitamin supplements for children:

• Baby - vitamins in drops for babies of the first 12 months of life. The drug includes vitamins important for the development of infants, important for bone formation, teething, formation of connective tissue and other processes in the body of an infant. The additive is available in a 30 ml vial, which has a built-in measuring pipette. After opening such a drug is important to store in the refrigerator.

• Baby - multivitamin complex for children aged from one to four years. It contains 11 vitamins, supplemented with basic mineral compounds, among which iodine is the most valuable. The supplement is presented in the form of strawberry-raspberry chewable tablets, which are sold for 30/60 pieces per pack. The drug does not contain artificial colors or preservatives.

• Junior is a multivitamin formula for children over 4 years old, which can be taken up to 11 years of age. The additive promotes the best adaptation in kindergarten or school, learning, reducing the frequency of infections while visiting childcare facilities. The drug is produced in the form of chewable fruit or strawberry-raspberry tablets, placed in packs of 30 or 60 pieces. The complex has a high content of iodine, which supports the immune system of children, and also contributes to the development of intelligence. Preservatives or synthetic dyes in the Junior tablets are absent.

• Teenager is a drug specially developed for children of adolescence, from which a child over 11 receives the main vitamins and mineral compounds. The supplement provides a growing body of a teenager with a full dosage of iodine, which improves intellectual abilities and helps in preparing for exams. The drug is a chewable tablet in packs of 30 and 60 pieces with the taste of lemon-cola or vanilla orange.

• Baby Calcium + is a complex vitamin preparation in which calcium is present. The drug is recommended for children 2-7 years in the absence of dairy products in the child's diet, during the recovery period after illness, as well as when changing milk teeth. The additive is a banana or vanilla-orange chewable tablets, packaged in packs of 30 or 60 pieces.

• Vitamin D3 is a vitamin supplement, which is a source of vitamin D, which is key to the development of a child. This preparation contains 400 IU of colecalciferol. The drug is approved for use in children over 3 years. It is made in the form of tablets, packaged in 180 pieces in one pack.

• Immuno Kids is a multivitamin formula that includes minerals and probiotic bacteria, so the supplement supports the baby’s immune system. The complex is designed for children aged 7-14 years.Its use will strengthen the defenses of the child’s body, including the period after antibiotic therapy. Supplement produced in the form of sweet chewable tablets with strawberry-raspberry flavor, packaged in 30 pieces per pack.

Multi-tabs brand multivitamins are prescribed to children:

• With a deficiency of vitamin compounds, as well as minerals.
• To prevent the development of rickets in the first years of life.
• In case of inadequate or insufficiently balanced diet.
• In order to increase the resistance of the child's body to pathogens and other adverse factors.
• With increasing mental stress.
• With active growth in preschoolers.
• In the recovery period after infectious diseases, operations or injuries.
• When visiting sports sections.
• During the change of teeth.

Among doctors there are both supporters and opponents of the introduction of vitamin complexes into the child’s diet. The pros are cited by the doctor of the Union of Pediatricians of Russia in the next video.

Multi-tabs should not be given to a child with:

• Severe renal pathologies.
• Intolerance to any component of the additive.
• Hypercalcemia or hypervitaminosis D (if in addition there is vitamin D or calcium).
• Hypervitaminosis A (if this vitamin is in the composition).
• Serious heart disease.
• Phenylketonuria (if aspartame is present).

1. Baby complex is given to babies during one of the feedings or immediately after feeding. The daily dose is 0.5-1 ml.
2. The drug Kid give every day to children from 1 to 4 years on one tablet. The drug is taken with meals or after one of the meals. If necessary, the tablet can be crushed and given to the child in the form of powder.
3. The Junior Complex is given to a child of 4-11 years of age while eating one chewable tablet per day. Also, the drug can be taken immediately after any meal (preferably breakfast).
4. Teenager supplement is given to children aged 11-17 years, one tablet per day. The child is offered to chew a tablet at breakfast, after it, or at any other meal.
5. Calcium Kid + drug is given during the meal. A 2-7 year old child is offered to chew one pill during any meal. Supplement is taken once a day.
6. Supplement Vitamin D3 is given to children over the age of three, one tablet per day.
7. The Immuno Kids complex is prescribed for children of 7-14 years old for 1 month, offering the child every day during one of the meals 1 chewable tablet.

Parents speak about Multi-tabs complexes in different ways. In most cases, they are satisfied with the composition of additives, and kids like the taste of drops and chewable tablets. Among the advantages, mothers emphasize ease of use, because the child needs to be given only one tablet per day. Many parents note that after the use of Multi-tabs multivitamins, the child's appetite improved and the frequency of colds decreased.

Among the disadvantages of such additives, parents also note a rather high price. The average cost of the baby complex is 200-300 rubles. For the packaging of such drugs of the Multi-tabs line, like the Kid or Junior, you need to pay an average of 300-400 rubles. Multi-tabs for teenagers, as well as the Immuno Kids complex costs about 400-500 rubles.

Replace the multivitamin complexes Baby, Baby, Junior or Teenager, which are produced under the brand name Multi-tabs, can be similar drugs, containing all the key for the development of children vitamin compounds and minerals. Vitamin preparations Pikovit, Vitrum, Centrum, Alphabet, Kinder Biovital and many others can be called among the analogues of the complexes from Multi-Tabs.

In the diet of the child must be presented dishes of vegetables, dairy products, fish, fruits, cereals, meat, fresh herbs, vegetable oil and many others.

Many pediatricians do not see the need for the introduction of vitamin complexes in the diet of healthy children. Among them is the respected doctor Komarovsky. See the next video for more details.