Sorry this must have been asked a gaziilion times.. But i need Help! These Calcium horsepills are too big! I choke/gag everytime I drink them.

I saw calcium citrate with Vitamin D Petites- are they really small enough to swallow??? Do they have good taste? Anything else out there that is not too horrible?

The creamy chews sounds good, but are too expensive because Md said 1500mg/day total.

I never took anything and now i have cocktail of Vitamins ;( I'm really having a hard time with this.

Thanks!

Two of them three times daily.

Two of them three times daily.

Ok so one bag lasts 10 days, which means I have to get 4bags/month. Okay, will have to give it a shot. Too bad it's so expensive but it seems there's no other calcium citrate out there that's small. The "pettite" might not even be pettite enough and the gummies are not recommended by nutritionist. Thanks!

I switched to liquid calcium. I didn't want all the carbs in the chews. Seemed to defeat my lo carb diet. The liquid is orange flavored and sugar free. I believe it is 15 calories. I buy it at Walmart and had my nutritionist approve it.

My NUT recommended 500mg of calcium, so each bag will last me a month. Phew!

I switched to liquid Calcium. I didn't want all the carbs in the chews. Seemed to defeat my lo carb diet. The liquid is orange flavored and sugar free. I believe it is 15 calories. I buy it at Walmart and had my nutritionist approve it.

Is that the Wellesse brand? I have that, too, but it gives me nausea and I don't care for the taste. The Wellesse version I have also contains calcium phosphate, not just citrate. Why is it so hard to find suitable supplements?!

I switched to liquid calcium. I didn't want all the carbs in the chews. Seemed to defeat my lo carb diet. The liquid is orange flavored and sugar free. I believe it is 15 calories. I buy it at Walmart and had my nutritionist approve it.

I can check that out.. What's the name? Thanks!

My NUT recommended 500mg of calcium' date=' so each bag will last me a month. Phew![/quote']

Good for you! Mine is 1500mg/day... And even worse my blood work for Vit D is low ;(

Will see how this goes and hopefully I can find something down the road -- that's less expensive.

My Vit D levels were low too...only 17. They put me on megadoses of vit d before surgery, 50,000 i,u twice weekly. However, my calcium levels were fine, which means my body was pulling calcium from my bones and teeth. So, now it's normal at 75, and I am taking 1500 mg calcium citrate a day. I've been using the Calcet creamy bites. It's hard getting all that in....can't take the prenatal vitamin with the calcium because it decreases the iron absorption, can't take the iron anytime near having coffeee, have to take the calcium in three divided doses throughout the day, not within 30 minutes of a meal.....it's a challenge just for the timing of it all!

I can find calcium carbonate chewables but not calcium citrate that my NUT recommended. Plus' date=' I am not a fan of all the carbs in gummies/chewables. I am still searching![/quote']

Isnt citracal the calicum citrate that you need? Im pretty sure they come chewable and as gummies

Isnt citracal the calicum citrate that you need? Im pretty sure they come chewable and as gummies

Read your labels with Citracal, not all forms are calcium citrate, despite the clever branding.

I like the Bariatric Advantage caramel chews and take 6 a day @ 250 mg of calcium per chew. I consume 2 per major meal (6am, 12pm and 6pm). They taste pretty good. I order mine from a seller on Amazon.

I like the Bariatric Advantage caramel chews and take 6 a day @ 250 mg of calcium per chew. I consume 2 per major meal (6am' date=' 12pm and 6pm). They taste pretty good. I order mine from a seller on Amazon.[/quote']

What is the monthly cost on this dose? I'm going to do some investigating. I haven't found anything useful (supplement-wise) in my town My doc says that as long as my levels are fine I don't need to supplement. But I think I should be proactive. I'm going to have to look at what other Vitamins people are taking. And if course everyone takes different things and doses. This could get confusing. Eeek!

What is the monthly cost on this dose? I'm going to do some investigating. I haven't found anything useful (supplement-wise) in my town My doc says that as long as my levels are fine I don't need to supplement. But I think I should be proactive. I'm going to have to look at what other Vitamins people are taking. And if course everyone takes different things and doses. This could get confusing. Eeek!

Let's see. Each bag costs 12.55 plus 4.99 shipping. If rounding to nearest. 50 cent increment, that is 17.50. There are 60 chews in a bag, so that means a bag will last 10 days. If there is an average of 30 days in a month, you will be spending an average of 52.50 a month on chews. For me, I think this is a good amount of calcium (recommended by NUT) because it placed my calcium blood work right in middle of standard range when I did my 6 month labs 2 weeks ago. My seller has been really reliable in delivering quickly each time I place the order on Amazon.

Let's see. Each bag costs 12.55 plus 4.99 shipping. If rounding to nearest. 50 cent increment' date=' that is 17.50. There are 60 chews in a bag, so that means a bag will last 10 days. If there is an average of 30 days in a month, you will be spending an average of 52.50 a month on chews. For me, I think this is a good amount of calcium (recommended by NUT) because it placed my calcium blood work right in middle of standard range when I did my 6 month labs 2 weeks ago. My seller has been really reliable in delivering quickly each time I place the order on Amazon.[/quote']

Thanks! I appreciate it

I am preop so I realize that post op, you might have a more difficult time with larger pills... but yes, I find citrical petites to be very easy to swallow. They are also coated so they don't really taste and they're not chalky. I actually take two citrical petites, 1 b-complex and 1 prenatal multivitimin all at once and nothing gets stuck. The multivitimin is about twice the size of the citrical.

I just hope and pray that I will be able to get back to swallowing vitimins quickly following surgery. I can't STAND chewables.