I needed to know if there would be any reaction to taking both the prescribed prenatal vitamins (Prenate 90) and Red Raspberry at the same time (such as over- dose of some vitamins?) Also, how many of the 400mg capsules should you take a day in early pregnancy? The bottle had read, for general use take as a dietary supplement two or three capsules, two or three times daily--isn't this too much? Can you interchange the tea bags and the capsules?
Thank you,
Tracy
Dear Tracy,
Because red raspberry does not contain the fat soluble vitamins in any significant amount, you do not have to worry about overdosing by taking 2-3 capsules per day and the prenatal vitamins. Any dilution of the tea may result in different amounts infused so it is difficult to quantify dosages in teas but I would suppose that the tea would be far less concentrated than the capsules. Medicinal herbs generally have instructions as to steeping times when the dosages are important.
I hope this answers your questions and thanks for writing.
Peg
