Hey Everyone I got my date and approval good to go for 3/23. I'm confused about Vitamins. Any ideas were to get them ? And do they all have to be chewable/liquid? And anyone else having trouble with the optifast,,, I hate it but dealing

I didn't like the adult Centrum Chewables myself. They're just too big so I take Flintstones Complete chewables. Doc recommended them It's my understanding that all your medications should be in liquid form or pills that are no bigger than a birth control pill or pills that can be cut or crushed but, every doc is different. You're best to ask your doc.

I take Centrum Chewables, you can get them in any grocery store, Centrum also makes a liquid but I hear its kinda bitter.

You can also check out the Vitamin Store or a health food store.

The Centrum chewables are okay - that's what I take. I don't care for the taste, and chewing them for me is something akin to eating a sweet tart, which I don't like, so sometimes I put it in my mouth with Water and let it half dissolve before I chew, then swallow it quick.

My Biotin is in capsule form, as well as my tylenol, and I have no issues taking either.

I take Viactiv Chewables and it helps me get my chocolate fix. They do wonders for me. I have never been able to grow finger nails and mine are very hard and long. Give them a try.

angie

I was told no pills bigger than a pencil eraser, but I like the birth control comparison better. I WOULD NOT WANT TO GET A PILL STUCK! I've heard it's painful and takes a while for the pill to dissolve.

I personally take viactiv chewable Multivitamin and Calcium. It's kind of like a little treat every morning. The chocolate is better than the fruity one, tastes a little like a tootsie roll. I take the caramel calcium and chew them together. Tastes kind of like a little candy bar when together :eyebrows:.

As for any other pill, if I can't break it into small enough pieces for safe swallowing (I hate crushed pills :yuck:), I resort to liquid or chewable.

thanks again... everything I have read was pretty vague about the vitamins ... but thanks ... 19 days and counting whoo hooo.. Loving this board everyone has been so nice and friendly .. best wishes to all

I was wondering about vitamins and found myself at Walmart in the children's section looking at Flintstone vitamins and comparing the ingredients to some of the other vitamins. They seem to have just as much in them, and surely they taste good. They have been on the market for years and my kids loved them. I don't know if more than one would be required for an adult though. I will have to look into this Viactin. A couple of my pills are very small and I should have no problem. A couple are bigger and I will crush them, except for heart medication which it says "do not crush". Will have to ask the dr. about that one. Thanks for all the helpful info in vitamins.

Tylenol makes a liquid for adults, it tastes like cough syrup and is so much easier than hacking up a sticky tablet that got stuck. Eeeew. I use the Centrum chewables because they contain trace minerals. Flintstones or gummies usually do not and just have way too much sugar for me to feel good about. Besides who wants to try to do the converison math?

Luck to you Dody!

Chewables work but taste icky. I use one centrum silver per day chopped up into exactly 6 pieces...works great.

Flintstones for me. Every thing else had a bad taste. I agree with the optifast comment----UGH. Hang in there it won't be long.

www.vitaminshoppe.com has a lot of liquid vitamins. Be sure to check out www.currentcodes.com first to see if you can find a discount code.

I've been using the Centrum liquid...it's really not that bad. It's easier for me to remember for some reason. Tastes kind of a berry flavor...I don't know...I like it enough.

I take one chewable Centrum, 2 chewable Calcium (600mg), 1 vitamin E (400 ui), and 3 chewable vitamin C (500mg) per day. I just drink water when I chew them and they go down fine. I take one C with each meal, and one Calcium with breakfast and one with lunch. I hate taking pills, so I dont mind the chewables at all. I have no problems swallowing the E.

I also like the Adult Centrum Chewables (orange flavor)

Didn't have to do a liquid diet (or any diet) before my surgery, but I did do medifast at one time. it was nasty... i couldn't stay on it... and expensive, as well.

As for Vitamins, when filled, I did two Flintstones with Iron and Viactiv for calcium.

Remember that you can't always safely cut up meds... especially time-released ones. Talk to a pharmacist before doing so.

I did have a pill get stuck once... some gigantic horse-pill antibiotic. Was horrible. Horrible. Ended up going back to the pharmacist and they exchanged my Rx for me (called my Dr first).

BCP is a good size-gauge... but for me, I had no problem with normal sized pills... so aspirin size. Actually, i had a Rx for pills that size post-op for pain from Rumbaut... and they went down fine. So, I used that as my gauge.