The RDA for adults for Vitamin A is 5.000iu (some revised recomendations are even lower). Each Airbornne has 5,000iu so taking it more than once a day could lead to an overdose. The package recommends taking it every 3-4 hours!!! (but not more than 3 doses in a day). An overdose of Vit A can be toxic and even result in death.
Children 4-8 should only have 1333 iu a day so giving them half of an adult Airborne (as the package says you can) will give them almost twice that dose. A dose of Airborne Jr has 1250iu so it should only be given once in a day and should not be given to children under 4. (source) Their packaging does say ages 4-10. I used to give to the boys when they were 2 and 3 though - dont make the same mistake!
You also do NOT want to take your daily multivitamin on a day that you take Airborne as this could definitely cause an overdose. Especially be careful of this with children.
I would not recommend taking Airborne while nursing but that is something you can research yourself if you dont believe me :)
When Im getting sick I take high levels of Vit C. You can also take zinc. I will post more about that soon!
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Hm. I didn't know all that. But my instincts were at least going in the right direction. Just before M-A was born, I was so nervous that the kids were going to get sick and wouldn't be able to see me or the baby in the hospital (I had a scheduled c-section and was in the hospital for a couple of days). So I got some airborne jr. and gave it to them (S was 3.5, Z was a couple weeks away from 2). I only gave Stephen half of a tablet. I would have given Z the same amount, but he refused to drink it. Good thing, I guess.
That's the only time we've ever bought it.
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