Multivitamin: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Multivitamin is a medicine sold in the U.S. under one brand. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Available as
- Tablet, chewable
- Sold as
- Multivitamin
- Generic available?
- Yes
How multivitamin is dosed
From the FDA label for Multivitamin. Other multivitamin products — different forms, different strengths — are dosed differently. Follow the label for the one you were prescribed.
One tablet daily, to be dissolved in the mouth or chewed before swallowing.
Multivitamin side effects
Folate: Allergic sensitizations has been reported following both oral and parenteral administration of folate. Adverse reactions have been reported with specific vitamins and minerals but generally at levels substantially higher than those contained herein. However, allergic and idiosyncratic reactions are possible at lower levels.
Who shouldn’t take multivitamin
This product is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to any of its ingredients.
Every multivitamin product we track (1)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
Only one: Multivitamin.
How long multivitamin keeps
No multivitamin label we read sets a separate limit for after opening, but they do specify how it must be stored — and the stability behind any date assumes those conditions.
Does multivitamin expire? The in-use limits and storage rules from its labelsWhat people report to the FDA about multivitamin
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 77,075 reports naming multivitamin, and the FDA flagged 50% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- fatigue6,116 reports
- nausea5,192 reports
- diarrhoea4,517 reports
- headache4,225 reports
- dizziness3,665 reports
- dyspnoea3,218 reports
- asthenia2,924 reports
- arthralgia2,698 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean multivitamin caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label section above.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved July 25, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
What is multivitamin?
Each Chewable Tablet Contains: Vitamin A (as Retinyl Acetate).................................... 750 mcg RAE Vitamin C (as Sodium Ascorbate and Ascorbic Acid).............. 60 mg Vitamin D3 (as Cholecalciferol)............................................ 10 mcg Vitamin E (as DL-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate)........................ 10 mg Thiamin (as Thiamine Mononitrate).................................... 1.05 mg Riboflavin............................................................................... 1.2 mg Niacin (as Niacinamide)....................................................... 13.5 mg Vitamin B6 (as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride).......................... 1.05 mg Folate (as L-5-Methyltetrahydrofolate calcium salt)…1700 mcg DFE (1000 mcg as L-5-Methylfolate) Vitamin B12 (as Methylcobalamin)..................................... 4.5 mcg
Can you take multivitamin with other medicines?
It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run multivitamin against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What forms does multivitamin come in?
Across the brands we track, multivitamin is currently marketed as tablet, chewable, per the FDA's National Drug Code Directory. Each form is dosed differently — follow the label for the exact product you were prescribed.
Is there a generic multivitamin?
Yes. Our catalog lists 1 generic multivitamin product alongside the brand versions. A generic has the same active ingredient and must meet the FDA's bioequivalence standard; it usually costs less. Ask your pharmacist which one your plan covers.
Cite this page
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- pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Multivitamin: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/multivitamin
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- “Multivitamin: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/multivitamin.
We summarise public FDA and NIH sources — for a clinical claim, cite the primary source we link to as well.
Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.
Read the full FDA label for multivitamin on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.