Pharmacy shelves are crowded with imported and local multivitamins at wildly different prices. Most people overpay; some buy products that barely help at all.
Check registration first
Look for DRAP registration on the packaging. Unregistered imported supplements dodge quality checks entirely — a low price means nothing if the contents are inconsistent.
Read amounts, not ingredient counts
“Contains 32 nutrients” is marketing. What matters is whether key nutrients hit meaningful percentages of daily values. Many cheap products sprinkle trace amounts just to list the name.
What most Pakistanis actually lack
Vitamin D tops the list by far, followed by B12 (especially in mostly-vegetarian diets) and iron in women. A targeted supplement for a confirmed deficiency beats a scattershot multi.
Get tested, then buy
A vitamin D and B12 test costs less than two months of premium multivitamins. Supplement what tests show you need — and buy during pharmacy discount days once you know your list.
