Prenatal Vitamins Prescribed

My ob-gyn prescribed Prenate Elite ($69 retail for 30 day supply, with insurance it brought the cost down to $35) to kick start my nutritional health. I didn't quite understand why I had to take these as opposed to just over-the-counter type prenatal vitamins.

What's strange about these vitamins is each tablet is prepackaged in tin foil trays, like certain gums or allergy meds. I was expecting it to be bottled, like most multi-vitamins. Well, what was alarming for me was that there was no info on what each unit contains. Of course, I had to go online and find out what goodies these little oval pills were jam packed with.

Prenate Elite - Each tablet contains:
Elemental Iron (carbonyl iron) 90 mg
Biotin 30 mcg
Pantothenic acid (calcium pantothenate, USP) 6 mg
Calcium (calcium carbonate, USP) 200 mg
Copper (cupric oxide) 2 mg
Zinc (zinc oxide, USP) 15 mg
Folate (L-methylfolate as Metafolin 600 mcg and folic acid, USP 400 mcg) 1 mg --> Very Good
Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) 400 IU
Vitamin E (dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate) 10 IU
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid, USP) 120 mg
Vitamin B1 (thiamine mononitrate) 3 mg
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin, USP) 3.4 mg
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine HCl) 20 mg
Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) 12 mcg
Niacinamide, USP 20 mg
Magnesium (magnesium oxide, USP) 30 mg
Docusate Sodium, USP 50 mg

Other Ingredients: calcium phosphate dibasic, carnauba wax, crospovidone, dextrin, dl-alpha tocopherol,gelatin, hypromellose, lactose, magnesium stearate, mono and diglycerides, polacrilin, pregelatinized starch,propylene glycol, silicon dioxide, sodium benzoate, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, starch, stearic acid, sucrose, titanium dioxide, and other ingredients.

Source: Drugs.com