Patent ID: 7994217

Claim:
A composition suitable for administration to a pregnant or lactating female, the composition consisting of: bioavailable iron in a form of at least one iron-amino acid chelate and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt; a combination of vitamins or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, the combination consisting of: vitamin A in a weight of up to about 15 mg; vitamin B1 in a weight range from about 0.5 mg to about 50 mg; vitamin B2 in a weight range from about 0.5 mg to about 50 mg; vitamin B6 in a weight range from about 0.1 mg to about 200 mg; vitamin B12 in a weight range from about 2 mcg to about 250 mcg; niacinamide in a weight range from about 1 mg to about 100 mg; folic acid in a weight range from about 0.01 mg to about 5 mg; vitamin C in a weight range from about 10 mg to about 1000 mg; vitamin D in a weight range from about 0.001 mg to about 0.6 mg; and vitamin E in a weight range from about 1 mg to about 125 mg; a combination of minerals or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, the combination consisting of: calcium in a weight range from about 10 mg to about 2000 mg; copper in a weight of up to about 10 mg; zinc in a weight range from about 5 mg to about 100 mg; and magnesium in a weight of up to about 400 mg; and excipients that provide physical properties to the composition and allow delivery of the composition to a pregnant or lactating female as a pill, a tablet, a caplet, or a capsule.