So are some vitamins better then others? I take OptiSource post bariatric vitamins. A little pricey (27.99 for a 30 day supply and I bought them at Walgreens) but it's ok because I can tell that they are helping. So what do you all take?

My surgeon said chewable flinstone vitamins are the best.

I got some brand of soft chews for adults at HEB that I love. According to the package they have what I need and they make me feel like I'm sneaking a candy so I'm happy.

My surgeon also recommended chewable flinstone vitamins!!

I was told Flintstone too but I opt for the Gummy Bear version - gives me a little candy like treat without having a whole bag of them to eat!

We were told to stay away from the gummie bear ones as they dont provide the same nutrition and can get stuck.

Guess I am just lucky that mine did not say that. Just like anything else you have to chew them up all the way but I prefer them to the chalky feel of the dry vitamins. You do have to buy them at stores that have a high sale volume. Just like regular gummy bears if they get old they get hard to chew.

I take Viactiv chewables. The multivitamin is chocolate and the Calcium is caramel. Both are very tasty. I buy them at Target for around 10 dollars for a 30 supply. Best wishes!

Cool - will have to try that - especially the calcium. Have been doing the tums routine but I don't particularly care for the chalky taste of tums.

my nutritionist said the gummy vitamins are a thorn in her side! She gets so mad about them because they don't have any iron in them or other things and she won't give them to her kids. Flintstones chewable all the way. Also, she said the viactive and tums are the wrong kind of calcium... calcium carbonate- which neutralizes stomach acid- but you need stomach acid to properly break down and absorb the calcium so better than not taking them, but you're not getting the benefits you think from them . She said to get the calcium citrate...

Here is what I take:

Bariatric Advantage Biotin Capsules

Bariatric Advantage sugar-free 250 mg chocolate Calcium Citrate Chew

Bariatric Advantage VitaBand Multi-Form Multivitamin Chew Watermelon

Bariatric Advantage sublingual B-12

I too was told not to get the gummy Vitamins.

I am still pre op but am already taking the stuff per my nutritionist and dietician orders lol

1 flintstone Vitamin daily

3 calcium citrate each day

GNC has a type of chewable calcium that has calcium citrate in it and the price is pretty good also. They are cherry flavored and kind of taste like smarties but not sweet. I took the bottle to the surgical weight loss center when I saw my dietician and she said they were fine to take. GNC Chewable Calcium Plus

Was also told not to take the vitamin and the calcium at the same time, must have 2 hours between because the vitamin will mess up the calcium, something like that.

So I have to take calcium, wait 2 hours, take vitamin, then a few hours later take another calcium, then a few hours later take another calcium lol. The body can only absorb so much calcium, so we have to take them throughout the day.

Edited June 14, 201016 yr by PuppyBandit
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Just like everything else in Bandland - different doctors and dietitians say different things - often completely contradicting one another. Who knows who is correct or if any of them are!

I do the celebrate bariatric vitamines. They are about $15 to $17 for a one month supply they are a bit chalky. I saw a previous poster takes the Viactive chewables -- can't wait to give those a try.

I take the centrum chewable and I have to admit I enjoy it a lot better than forcing myself to swallow those large pills preop! I also take 2 chewable viactiv... I bought them on sale at CVS... and they were the store brand. My Dr. gave me a sample of the Bariatric advantage watermelon to try. I didn't like the flavor but if the absorption is better I'd be willing to switch. Anyone know anything about that?

different doctors different stories different requirements. Crazy. My best friend didn't have to do any nutrition meetings, and really wasn't told half the things I have been told! I found some Centrum chewables that have everything the nutritionist said I need. They are orange flavor and I DON"T LIKE THEM. I chew it up a bit and then take a drink of water, but then you have the stuff stuck in your teeth and then I burb this nasty taste all day! I haev another kind a wafer chewable I got at GNC I am waiting to try. I am just trying to force down these others till then!!