Newborn Vitamin K Injections Aren’t OK: ‘It Has a Black Box Warning’

Dec 01, 2023

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The package insert for vitamin K does include a black box warning, although these severe reactions are extremely rare in newborns who get a vitamin K shot to prevent vitamin K deficiency bleeding.

In Part 3 of #CHDTV’s “Dangerous Things Doctors Say,” when Richard and Payton Picardi asked their baby’s doctor why they should give their son the vitamin K shot — that has a potential side effect of…

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