zinc and copper deficiencies

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Hi all,

I am sure this has been discussed before but I am having trouble locating the

information very easily. I have a patient with both zinc and copper deficiences

(unsure of numbers off the top of my head). The patient is taking some

supplement from a compound pharmacy recommended by her endocronologist that she

is unsure what it contains. I have read that recommended supplementation for

zinc is 15-30mg and copper 3-5mg which she could get from 2

Multivitamin/minerals but would you recommend additional supplementation for

both or just one? I have not seen this patient in the office yet but I wanted to

have a better idea of recs before I called her in. Any help would be greatly

appreciated.

Thanks!

Beth Gries RD LD