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.
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.