What vitamins do you take?
gaining_while_losing
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I just had my gastric bypass on February 10th, and I was curious as to what various vitamins everyone takes. I take 4 OptiSource Post Bariatric Surgery Multi-Vitamins and 1 Biotin per day.
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I take what my bariatric surgeon provides, Bariatric Fusion 4x a day0
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Bariatric Advantage:
Multi-Vitamin (2x a day)
B-50 Complex
B-12
Iron
Calcium (500mg 3x a day)
D3
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I had the sleeve 12/16. I too take 4 optisource post bariatric vitamins, biotin, and a calcium caramel chew with vit D0
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Does anyone take non-chewable multivitamins? I'd like to go that route eventually. I chew four Bariatric Fusion/day and they're really gross. The two I've found are Bariatric Advantage (which would require I take additional calcium) and BariLife, which has everything. Would love any feedback. Thanks!0
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My doctor uses Bariaric Advantage (as I listed above), but never was required to use chewables. I had to crush the solid pills until about 2-3 month post op, the calcium chews are the only chewable vitamins I took and they're a tasty way to get calcium. Once I started drinking Premier Protein shakes (for convenience, rather than mixing my own from powder) they each substituted for a calcium chew because of their high calcium content.0
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Does anyone take non-chewable multivitamins? I'd like to go that route eventually. I chew four Bariatric Fusion/day and they're really gross. The two I've found are Bariatric Advantage (which would require I take additional calcium) and BariLife, which has everything. Would love any feedback. Thanks!
I take regular One A Day vitamins, I have no problem with them! I also take a regular calcium, and a magnesium gelcap.
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Cabennett - good to know! I got the BA non-chewable but have been afraid to take them yet because they're pretty big.
Garber6th - do you have to take a lot of the One A Day? That would be cool if I could just take those!0 -
I just take one a day :-) My bloodwork comes back great every time!0
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I take 2 flinstone chewables, b12 subligual, vitron-c Iron, GNC chewable carmel Calcium+D, GNC creatine chews, GNC Glutamine chews0
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AM:
2 Centrum Chewables
2 2000 IU D3
1 1000 mg vitamin C
4 Ferro-sequels
PM:
2 Citrical
1 5000 mg B12
Before bed:
2 Citrical
It's a chore for me to remember all of them. Especially that last calcium dose of the day.0 -
I take:
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1 Citracal gummy chewable (must be Calcium Citrate and not Calcium Carbonate)
1 Biotin (5,000mcg)
1 sublingual B12 (5,000mcg)
4 hrs later (must space MVI 4 hrs after Calcium)
1 MVI (Flintstones Chewable)
PM
1 Citracal gummy chewable
I think that is all I take other than GasX dissolvable strips and Colace if I need them.....
Just in the short time I have been visiting this site, I found that the vitamins and supplements vary greatly from surgeon to surgeon.... just do what your surgeon orders!!
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Opurity (see the unjury.com website) has a WLS surgery optimized one-a-day chewable. I also take calcium and D3 and B12, but have played around with brands on those.
Immediately post-op, I used Wellesse liquid vitamins to avoid the whole crushing pills thing…but the taste isn't great and per dose it is more expensive, so I switched to chewables.0 -
Thanks for all the great feedback, guys!0
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