Unless consulting a healthcare provider, do not take vitamin and mineral supplements. It is not a good idea to take full doses of multivitamins without consult.<br /><br />That being said, if you do take vitamins, be careful to review the amounts of fat soluble vitamins and minerals in your daily multivitamin. I use MyFitnessPal to track all my food and vitamin intake off and on just to make sure I'm on track. Its free and it can give you insight into the essential vitamins.<br /><br />The iron content in this vitamin is 100%. If you eat at all during the day, you are likely to consume Iron. If you eat red meat or leafy green veggies at least once a day while taking this vitamin, you are taking yourself over your daily recommended iron. Long term exposure to excessive amounts of iron can cause liver damage, to say the least.<br /><br />You'll notice they do only give you about 20% of your daily allowance of Calcium, probably because they assume you will consume the rest through milk, cheese, leafy greens, ect. Why can't they assume that about my iron or put a label on their product stating it is for women with iron deficiencies?<br /><br />Personally, I take half of one of these a day along with some other water soluble supplements to make sure I'm not taking in too much iron and vitamin A.

My favorite multivitamin. I've been taking this since college, when my in-progress bio degree helped me find the best one! I genuinely feel better when I'm on it, and only need to take one iron supplement after my period to catch back up otherwise.<br />I've heard a few people say &#34;well really you should get all the nutrients you need from your diet&#34;. Should is the key word there, I don't have the time or patience right now to eat all healthy and nutritious all the time! This definitely helps me still get the basics.

I have been lathargic and experiencing brain fog for years now. I went to the doctor and they said there was nothing wrong with me. I started taking these thinking i had a deficiency of some type, mostly iron. And WOW i feel better after a week of taking these daily than i have felt in YEARS!!!

I'm on the hunt for a multi vitamin but this is NOT the one for me. The pill is pretty big but I don't think it's bigger than the Centrum One A Day. It being a soft gel pill, really makes it easy to swallow. But<br />..(here's my complaint)...it actually made my hips and lower back hurt. I'd NEVER in my life had my hips pop and crackle before taking these. So of course, I stopped taking them. The pain went away. I won't be taking them anymore. I thought vitamins were supposed to help. I could just be an "unicorn" but no, I wouldn't recommend nor purchase again.

I LOVE these vitamins. I have a bit of a sensitive stomach when it comes to multivitamins but I have never had a problem taking these on an empty stomach with my other daily pills (vitamin D, birth control, antihistamine, ect...) I tried the ones with iron but they made my stomach upset and whatnot. I would highly recommend. They loose a star because of their "certified by usp" which is supposed to be a 3rd party testing agency (to make sure what they say is in there is actually in there) but it seems usp ONLY endorses nature made which leads me to believe they may in fact actually own that company making it a little less certifiable in my eyes. Still a good vitamin!

These are the only multivitamins I buy. They work great for me. I had gastric bypass surgery years ago, so I have absorption problems. The gel caps help with that. Highly recommended.