I have bariatric advantage, dont mind em but I cant do 2 at a time, I do one, drink some water (this is pre surgery) then do another, also I take mine at night, they make me feel like **** kinda like prenatals did.

I was told I could take centrum silver too. I realized tht vitaband and bariatric advantage are one in the same when I just took mine. lol. they dont really bother me though.

My Dr and his office came up with their own multi-vita capsule and protein powder and we can buy it from them. It’s cheaper than the bariatric advantage and I can use my FSA card to buy them. I had the lap band and as long as the pill you are taking is either a chewable or capsule you should be fine. The only thing I get from bariatric advantage is the chewable calcium.

I bought the mixed berry chewables too. OMG I would almost throw up every day. I made it 3 weeks on them befor buying the capsules. The heavy B12 in the vitamin ends up being what I tasted. That is such s bad taste.

I am the "Gummie" Queen!!! All the vits I take are gummies and I love it as trying to swallow pills is not my forte! I use generic gummies for Calcium Carbonate and take extra D3 gummies. I also take Bcomplex, C, and multivits - the latter taken in a.m. and former in pm.
I love that they chew up so well and slide down without getting stuck and no water. The only thing I don't like is the price - ave $10/bottle (30 day supply) - but the ease in taste and swallow is all worth it to me.

We cn not take gummy vitamins but i did like those before surgery

I have found a liquid multi that is not too bad. Picked it up at a Nutrition store, not cheap, has a strong taste of vitamin and orange juice, but better than the chewables. I chase it with a little diluted apple juice, does the trick.

I have found this particular shop to be great, the woman who works there is very knowledgable, she also steered me towards a calcium supplement particularly good for those of us who now have malabsorbtive issues. She also gave me a couple of suggestions for constipation (which is exacerbated by iron supplements), which have also been helpful.

We don't have access to BA here in Canada, unless purchased over internet.

Pamela

I was taking the bariatric fusion chewables and the first 2 days they were fine. Now i can't stand them and would rather eat tar. I finally switched to bariatric advantage capsules, which had me taking 6 multivitamins a day. I find that a bit much. Once I ran out of that, i take the walmart brand multivitamin, 2 of those, 2 biotins and a vitamin d chewable. Now i'm not sure if these vitamins are good enough for me yet since i'm only 10 months out, but i'll find out in august when I do labs.

I've hard about the papaya enzymes but no idea what they're actually for

I do the gummies too. I had the sleeve, not band. The gummies are a life saver for me! Good luck!

Flinstones...they rock! Pun intended. I do love the gummies, but that isn't an option right now since I am 5 days post-op. Good luck finding something you enjoy!

I used to use BA, too, but they are so expensive. Now I use mostly CVS brand and get them when they're buy one get one free. I save so much money this way and my labs are still good.