if u need to take a high dose 5mg folate then ur doctor should prescribe it, mayb the pharmacist thought u belonged to a high risk group (either age or some other risk factor)+ x" \6 ?; E3 f$ s$ ^1 ~6 y' p, r( y2 V* K
no need to take multivitamins until ur pregnant, up to that point take folic acid only