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I have surgery on Thursday and have gotten most of the things I need to have post-surgery for convenience sake. I have sublingual B12 and chewable Multivitamins.

My plan was to use Citracal, but II suddenly don't want to be crushing what is sure to be a nasty tasting Calcium citrate pill.

It seems I have two main options: an order to Bariatric Advantage shipped to my parents' house where I'll be recovering or purchasing Citracal Chewable gummies. I know Viactiv is a bad choice due to it being Calcium Carbonate, but apparently the Citracal chewables are something called Tricalcium Phosphate. Is that acceptable? If nobody knows, I'll try to call my hospital nutritionist to find out. I can buy the Citracal in stores, and it's a bit cheaper than the Bariatric Advantage.

The other side to this is has anybody eaten these Citracal gummies? How are they?

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I have surgery on Thursday and have gotten most of the things I need to have post-surgery for convenience sake. I have sublingual B12 and chewable Multivitamins.

My plan was to use Citracal, but II suddenly don't want to be crushing what is sure to be a nasty tasting calcium citrate pill.

It seems I have two main options: an order to Bariatric Advantage shipped to my parents' house where I'll be recovering or purchasing Citracal Chewable gummies. I know Viactiv is a bad choice due to it being Calcium Carbonate, but apparently the Citracal chewables are something called Tricalcium Phosphate. Is that acceptable? If nobody knows, I'll try to call my hospital nutritionist to find out. I can buy the Citracal in stores, and it's a bit cheaper than the Bariatric Advantage.

The other side to this is has anybody eaten these Citracal gummies? How are they?

My NUT says they are fine for a sleeve pt but you have to chew 4 per day. I don't mine because they are close to candy. You can search online for $2 off coupons. I buy then 2 bottles at a time. They are probally the only Vitamin I enjoy.

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The Citracal gummies are the BEST! They dissolve totally, easily. The nurse who runs my support group suggested these, as the staff had just tasted them. So, I highly recommend them. :D

I have surgery on Thursday and have gotten most of the things I need to have post-surgery for convenience sake. I have sublingual B12 and chewable multivitamins.

My plan was to use Citracal, but II suddenly don't want to be crushing what is sure to be a nasty tasting calcium citrate pill.

It seems I have two main options: an order to Bariatric Advantage shipped to my parents' house where I'll be recovering or purchasing Citracal Chewable Gummies. I know Viactiv is a bad choice due to it being Calcium Carbonate, but apparently the Citracal chewables are something called Tricalcium Phosphate. Is that acceptable? If nobody knows, I'll try to call my hospital nutritionist to find out. I can buy the Citracal in stores, and it's a bit cheaper than the Bariatric Advantage.

The other side to this is has anybody eaten these Citracal gummies? How are they?

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I spoke with my pharmacist to see if these are a good choice for me post surgery (because I'm on Prilosec). He said yes, these are excellent. And I personally look forward to taking them because they're yummy, so they're easy to remember. :rolleyes:

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I have seen them, but have not tried them. I use the pills sometimes, I am 4 months out.

I also want you to know that Bariatric Advantage has AWESOME calcium citrate chews. The lemon, chocolate and caramel ones are SOOOO YUMMY. Those are the only ones I have tried. I also use Calcet chocolate fudge and lemon. They are like little petit fours. SOOO GOOD!

I mix it up with the citrate and use all of the above. Try some of the chewable ones. They are sooo good!

Kelly :)

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calcium citrate is the only form of Calcium that is asborbed after sleeve surgery IF you are taking a PPI such as prilosec, zantec, pepcid, aciphex, protonix, nexium, etx.

Kelly :D

I spoke with my pharmacist to see if these are a good choice for me post surgery (because I'm on Prilosec). He said yes, these are excellent. And I personally look forward to taking them because they're yummy, so they're easy to remember. :rolleyes:

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