Women's multivitamin makes me throw up

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  • Joreanasaurous
    Joreanasaurous Posts: 1,384 Member
    I take mine with dinner (my biggest meal). Otherwise, I get nausea. I've also found that the prenatal work better for my system. A regular women's stops me up I assume it's either a calcium or iron problem.

    I've considered taking a prenatal (I've heard they make your hair and nails look awesome lol), but I read somewhere that you're really not supposed to take them if you're not pregnant. How long have you been taking one?


    My doctor told me prenatals are fine to take as long as you are drinking enough water. His biggest concern was that it could cause danamge to either the kidneys or liver (dont remember which) if you aren't drinking enough water. Obviously I would suggest asking your doctor first before taking what I said for granted, but food for thought.
  • SansyPansy
    SansyPansy Posts: 17
    This happened to me too. I ate breakfast and then took my vitamin and found myself running to the bathroom to throw it up. Crazy. I threw them out. I've started taking Vitafusion Multivites.. the Gummies :happy:
  • rahlpn
    rahlpn Posts: 551 Member
    I take mine with dinner (my biggest meal). Otherwise, I get nausea. I've also found that the prenatal work better for my system. A regular women's stops me up I assume it's either a calcium or iron problem.

    I've considered taking a prenatal (I've heard they make your hair and nails look awesome lol), but I read somewhere that you're really not supposed to take them if you're not pregnant. How long have you been taking one?

    Why not? It says right on my bottle of prenatals "for before, during and after pregnancy". Prenatals are great multis for any woman of childbearing age, whether they are TTC or not. Just check with your GP first before taking any meds/vitamins/supplements.
  • Megh757
    Megh757 Posts: 33 Member
    Get a good food based multi and that should help the body can digest them better and u can even take them on and empty stomach but its best to take multi with breakfast anyways. My fav is natures plus source of life
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    take it with food
  • KimLovesDon
    KimLovesDon Posts: 152 Member
    Unless your iron count is low, there's no reason you need extra. Myself, I take a B-complex vitamin, and as for iron, I make sure I eat a variety of dark leafy greens. Also crackers help with nausea a lot! Even if you're not pg!
  • kelsully
    kelsully Posts: 1,008 Member
    I purchased a women's multivitamin a little while ago to start taking. The first morning I took it, I threw up within 5 minutes. At the time, I didn't connect it with the multivitamin - I just thought it was a stomach bug and even got scared I might be pregnant! Then I took it again and the same thing happened. I finally realized it was the vitamin. I think because it has extra iron in it, that might be the cause. So I started taking half doses - half in the morning, and half at night. That seemed to work for a while.

    But then I got lazy and kept forgetting to take it. It's been a couple of months and I just started taking it again. Now, even when I take the half dose I feel extremely nauseous. I just took it and sat here feeling like I was going to puke for a few minutes. I ran for the bathroom twice - luckily nothing actually happened. I've tried taking it with food and that seems to help a tad, but it doesn't fix the problem.

    Anyway, obviously I'm going to just stop taking it - I'll pick up a regular multivitamin next time I'm at the store, without extra iron for women (I'm assuming that's what it is). I was just wondering if anyone else has encountered this or why I might be so sensitive to it?

    *EDITED TO ADD* I have tried taking it after eating a substantial meal and I have also tried taking it at night. Still makes me really nauseous.

    I've gotten some good suggestions so far though, so I'll try another brand out. Thanks everyone.


    I take kids vitamins for this reason...I could never stomach prenatals either. So flinstones with iron are my go to
  • frugalafterfifty
    frugalafterfifty Posts: 240 Member
    I can't take vitamins. Tried it with and without food, at breakfast, lunch, dinner. Tried pills, liquids and chewables. They just make me feel ill. So....I try to supplement my diet with eating healthy.
  • dellaquilaa
    dellaquilaa Posts: 230 Member
    As long as you're not anemic or pregnant, you really don't need that extra iron.

    If possible, have your doc check your hemoglobin. If it's over 12.0, switch to a gummy multivitamin. If you are physically able to become pregnant, you should be taking a vitamin with folic acid. It's critical for a fetus within the first few days of conception to prevent certain birth defects.

    I can't stomach those vitamins, either - but my iron has always been perfect, so I just take the Vitafusion Multivites gummies. Haven't had a problem with those, except a craving for more because they're delicious.
  • adams17
    adams17 Posts: 4 Member
    I have to take the vitafusion Gummy vitamins. I can't take anything else other than children's chewables. These do not bother my stomach at all.
  • kkveggie
    kkveggie Posts: 56 Member
    I agree with the gummy vitamins. I get insanely nauseous when I take regular multi-vitamins, so I started taking the gummy kind (and brand) with dinner. Bonus, they taste delicious!
  • wigglepit
    wigglepit Posts: 1 Member
    They make me barf, too. And scared me as well before I figured out it was the vitamin. Now I break the pill in half, take one after a big breakfast with about 3 glasses of water, the other after dinner with 3 more glasses of water. I think the water is even more helpful than the food, I just throw up the food.
  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
    its the iron are you eating first? if your still sick even after you eat find one that leaves out the iron you can easily get your iron from food like spinach ect also a lot of people have better success with prenatal vitamins
  • Chellody22
    Chellody22 Posts: 95 Member
    Women's multivitamins make me throw up also, and I always take them with food, so I know that isn't the problem. I don't know what it is that makes me feel sick when I take them. I now take Flinstone's Complete vitamins which have iron also, and they don't make me sick.
  • LaurenAOK
    LaurenAOK Posts: 2,475 Member
    Thanks for all the help. I mainly posted this to see if other people have experienced the same thing, and I'm glad to learn I'm not alone. I had just never heard anyone else say vitamins made them puke before, but it seems to be more common than I thought!

    I think I'm gonna get the gummy vitamins - those sound awesome :happy:
  • ChristineW82
    ChristineW82 Posts: 116 Member
    I've had this problem before. I was told there was a something in the vitamin I was getting too much of. Seems everyone here is agreeing on iron :smile:
  • betsyr13
    betsyr13 Posts: 45 Member
    Ditto to those who said to take the kids chewable vitamins. Flintstones with iron or the store brand equivalent. My doctor said it was fine.
  • icimani
    icimani Posts: 1,454 Member
    I had the same problem with an upset stomach although not to the point of throwing up. I switched to taking it at night, and for a while I made sure to eat something. Even a few crackers helped. But you're have a much stronger exactions. Maybe just experiment and see which one works for you. Kind of an expensive proposition since. Vitamins aren't cheap. Check to see if some of the vitamins have some sort of coating - that might help too.
  • endoftheside
    endoftheside Posts: 568 Member
    I've switched to whole foods multivitamins (New Chapter, MegaFoods, and Rainbow Light are ones I've bought at various times) and they don't upset my stomach like ones I tried before that. I can even take them on an empty stomach, which is amazing to me (I never knew a person could actually throw up simultaneously out of mouth AND nose until having a prenatal on an empty stomach! :sick: ) I don't need extra iron now so that may also help.
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    I can only take the gummies, and even with the gummies I need to take them after eating a meal. I used to get ridiculously nauseous from the One-a-Day horse pills.

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