So in my Twittering I stumble across this thread and made me curious to know more about the vitamin K shot.
Lots of the same illogical arguments that were used for the vaccine. It's been around a long time so it must be good. The dose level is higher than recommended but that's ok because we place the shot in the muscle. Doctors recommend it so it must be good. Pediatric associations recommend it so it must be good. Everyone else is doing it. Etc.
So does anyone have any good Vitamin K resources to examine?
All I can seem to see is that most newborns don't need elevated levels of vitamin K, however, if the mother had needed to take a blood thinner while pregnant, that can cause some issues with the baby that would require higher levels of vitamin K.
I've heard that vitamin K can help with depression, but that doesn't really speak to what kind of stuff they put in anti-depressants. Whatever the case, a vitamin K shot for the average newborn shouldn't be necessary. I could see arguments for newborns when the mother has been given drugs that inhibit vitamin K, but I would think there should be other, less dangerous, ways to increase vitamin K in infants.
So in my Twittering I stumble across this thread and made me curious to know more about the vitamin K shot.
Lots of the same illogical arguments that were used for the vaccine. It's been around a long time so it must be good. The dose level is higher than recommended but that's ok because we place the shot in the muscle. Doctors recommend it so it must be good. Pediatric associations recommend it so it must be good. Everyone else is doing it. Etc.
So does anyone have any good Vitamin K resources to examine?
All I can seem to see is that most newborns don't need elevated levels of vitamin K, however, if the mother had needed to take a blood thinner while pregnant, that can cause some issues with the baby that would require higher levels of vitamin K.
Yeah I'm reading blood thinners, anti-biotics, anti-epileptics, tuberculosis drugs. Drugs that inhibit vitamin K.
I wonder if anti depressants fall in that category. Blood thinners and anti-biotics are widely prescribed.
I've heard that vitamin K can help with depression, but that doesn't really speak to what kind of stuff they put in anti-depressants. Whatever the case, a vitamin K shot for the average newborn shouldn't be necessary. I could see arguments for newborns when the mother has been given drugs that inhibit vitamin K, but I would think there should be other, less dangerous, ways to increase vitamin K in infants.
Question #1: When did doctors begin giving babies vitamin K shots?
Question #2: How did the human race manage to survive before doctors began giving babies vitamin K shots?
'Nuff said.
It sounds like Europe is offered a two dose oral alternative.