Vitamins from Poundland vs Boots

coxy17

As most people have already said, vitamins are vitamins and the active ingredients in the Poundland vitamins will be similar, if not the same as those in the Boots vitamins. One thing to keep an eye on are the none active ingredients. If I remember correctly, most Boots vitamins are lactose and gluten free. This might not be the case with Poundland vitamins. For most people, this wouldn't be an issue.

adouglasmhor

Lidl do good vitamins as well, for those who don't like pill popping they do an effervescent soluable multivitamin in tangerine flavour as well as a couple of ranges of tablets.

djbum_syd

I have previously worked for a certain brand name vitamin chain store.
If you compare the amounts from Poundland and Boots they will be basically the same. There is no real difference, except maybe one wont offer 100% of your DA, maybe just 90%.
All ingredients will be the same though.

Word of warning. If you take Cod Liver Oil, DO NOT take a multi-vitamin with Vitamin A in it.
It is potentially dangerous, and nowhere like Boots or Poundland are trained to advise that.

ellay864

People should ALWAYS read leaflets, dosage instructions on any type of medication, including vitamins and other non-pharmacy medicines. There are many interactions that can occur that a customer wouldn't get advised about. Boots have trained pharmacists so could advise but if a pack of cod liver oil is just taken to the regular counter then the salesperson there probably wouldn't know to check.
The problem is that many people don't see these as medicines and don't take it as seriously. In the same way that another poster on here has referred to soluble vitamins for people who don't like pill-popping....taking another form is still taking the drug. I have a friend who 'doesn't believe in taking tablets for colds and headches' but will happily make up Lemsip or Beecham drinks - these contain just the same drugs as the tablets or capsules!!

66z

Well -- unless you're comparing several cheap generic brands who're really all just mixing and repackaging mass produced powders from China -- there might be a huge difference in what vitamins and minerals you are taking. Those might be extracted from different environments using a variety of methods, with the ingredients being handled, stored and packaged differently, while some if not most might be synthesized straight away in a lab.

As much as I'm concerned the main issue is the bioavailability which is normally ridiculously low for an artificially crafted multi-vitamin coctail, basically an unlikely sum of clinically isolated substances, each one there merely to justify the impressive list on the label. Needless to say nothing beats tha mighty fruit n veg anyway (+ don't forget about herbs) yet thoughtfully created supplements can be pretty effective as well. Additives doesn't bother me much as I'm eating too much sh*t daily anyway and that's one more good reason I'd want my supplements to offset my spoiled diet a little.

Most of the chemically produced medication though is one and the same regardless the price and the label. IME at least.. Sainsburys 23p Ibuprofen saved me from pain and suffering more than once!

adouglasmhor

ellay864 wrote: »

People should ALWAYS read leaflets, dosage instructions on any type of medication, including vitamins and other non-pharmacy medicines. There are many interactions that can occur that a customer wouldn't get advised about. Boots have trained pharmacists so could advise but if a pack of cod liver oil is just taken to the regular counter then the salesperson there probably wouldn't know to check.
The problem is that many people don't see these as medicines and don't take it as seriously. In the same way that another poster on here has referred to soluble vitamins for people who don't like pill-popping....taking another form is still taking the drug. I have a friend who 'doesn't believe in taking tablets for colds and headches' but will happily make up Lemsip or Beecham drinks - these contain just the same drugs as the tablets or capsules!!

I think you got the content and point of my post wrong, some people physically dislike swallowing pills of course they have the same active ingredients only a complete fool would think otherwise.
Thank you for underestimating me and posting your ill informed view of my post.