Iron: U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Pregnancy Category C for iron Dextran by the manufacturer and U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Pregnancy Category B for sodium ferric gluconate by the manufacturer.
Australian Drug Evaluation Committee's (ADEC) Category A (Batagol, 1993).
Folic Acid: U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Pregnancy Category A if administered in doses below 0.8 mg / day or Category C if doses higher than 0.8 mg / day (Briggs et al, 1990).
Australian Drug Evaluation Committee's (ADEC) Category A (ADEC, 1996).
Although few teratogenic or adverse effects during pregnancy have been reported following administration of FOLIC ACID, some data indicate that FOLIC ACID deficiency during pregnancy can result in infants with lower birth weights (Giles et al, 1971; Iyengar & Rajalakshmi, 1975; Briggs et al, 1986).