I got a call from my doctor today, and I have low Iron and low Vitamin D. Does anyone else have this problem? I was told to just take multi-Vitamins and Calcium with Vitamin D, and i have been daily. I have not been taking Iron, Vitamin D on its own, or Vitamin B complex. What kind of vitamins supplements are recommended?

Pretty much everyone has low Vitamin D. Doctors are on this kick that Vitamin D deficiency causes everything from diabetes to cancer...I think they're quacks. Seriously, we don't even get Vitamin D from food anyway, we get it from going outside... in the sunlight... what a novel idea! Anyway... rant over.

As far as the iron, you can get liquid supplements which tend to be easier on the digestive tract and more effective anyway.

Ummm, I was taking Vitamin D3 before surgery and I still take it after my surgery. I have a hard time with iron supplements due to issues with constipation. But I still take them. I take multivitamins, Vitamin B complex, biotin 10.000mcg, silica, and vitamin b12. If I forget, then I have really low energy. Oh, and I take calcium too...

I'm taking a chewable multi-vitamin 2 times a day, calcium citrate w/D3 2 times a day, B-12 2 times a week, Iron chewy bite once a day. Dr said @ 6months they will lower the multi-vitamin. Just depends on blood work.

I developed thiamine deficiency postop and I suspect also an iron one--I realized last month that none of my vitamins had iron, and I was experiencing some shortness of breath and funky feeling. I put myself on an iron supplement, and my symptoms resolved. So now, I take a gummy multivitamin, gummy vitamin C, chewable calcium/vitamin D, iron pill, and super B complex liquigel. And I feel fantastic, so I'm going to keep taking them. :-)

they put me on iron last week (and yes I'm a guy) and I had a Vitamin K def. Fixed the vitamin K issue cause I was taking the WRONG kind of vitamin k. I needed to take K1 and I had been taking K2. No one in my program office had explained the difference. I'm sure def will come and go though. This was my first vitamin test and to only be low on one vitamin in my book wasn't all that bad in my eyes.