My doctor is putting me on the following supplements? Any brands or types to those who have had the surgery do you like?

• B-12 (I will be on a monthly shot)
• Multi-Vitamin
• Calcium Citrate

I take b12 sublingual 2500 mcg daily.

D3 in a chewable (natures pride from walmart) in 400 units x 3 chewables.

calcium citrate in 400 mg I take 2.

I take ferrous fumerate 50 mgs for Iron with

Vitamin C 500 mgs

colace twice a day

miralax daily

and Fiber gummies.

teri

B12, multivitamin, kalcium and iron

I take b12 sublingual 2500 mcg daily.

D3 in a chewable (natures pride from walmart) in 400 units x 3 chewables.

calcium citrate in 400 mg I take 2.

I take ferrous fumerate 50 mgs for Iron with

Vitamin C 500 mgs

colace twice a day

miralax daily

and fiber gummies.

teri

Teri where do yo find the vit d supplement? I have only found one with 5000 iu. Would love the smaller dose.

My doc recommends Bariatric Advantage Vitamins, you can find them on line. It does seem pricey but the chewable flavors seem to taste good and it gives you high % of the vitamins that you need.

I buy a sublingual B12 2500 from costco which is also on coupon this week. Under $12 for 260. In cherry flavor. Yum.

Another friend of mine who is a gastric patient takes regular vitaminD 5000 IU in those little oil or gel tablets. ( the ones that look like a bead)

In fact she buys ALL her vitamins from Costco.

But she has a different doc than I.

I take a chewable multi Vitamin 2x a day (French vanilla is awesome from BA) and calcium citrate In 500 mg chewable tablets for a total of 1500 mg a day. (i switch with mint and cherry) BA has some awesome chewy chews also so occasionally I will have a caramel chew instead at 250 mg each chew.

Need to take a B complex and that is in pill or capsule form and Water soluble for easy absorption. Also from BA.

And then everyone's favorite Iron. 18-30 mg a day. I chose a passion fruit chewable at 29 mg. And also ordered a chocolate raspberry truffle chewy to switch off with.

Not all vitamins are created equal, check out Bariatric advantage for the nutrition contents and compare to what's out there. Not much beats or meets them in % and taste. Several people have told me to never go cheap on your vitamins. You want to mAke sure you take them, so get it tasty and convenient. And stay away from the ones with extra sugars too..

Hope that helps some.

Tracy B - just waiting on my approval from insurance and then surgery anytime within the next 2-3 wks for me.. : )

My doc told me I could pick up a one month supply of chewable bariatric vitamins called Optisourse at Walmart or Walgreens for 28$! And she was right! Also, Walmart has wonderful prices on all their vitamins.

I have used the optisourse from Walgreens too and they taste really good. Also my dr recommends Bariatric Fusion. I Order them online but I can buy them at my dr office when I am there for a follow up appt.

Does anyone know about the suppliment from costco that helps protect hair and nails? I cant remember the name of it. Benatin???

I believe it's called biotin. I haven't started that yet. Maybe next week. They gave me a list of what I will be taking eventually.

Biotin

B-12

Calcium

Vitamin d

Multi vitamin

Good morning,

Unfortunely since I have 3 kids & only hubby working. I was only able to order the chewable Iron from Bariatric Advantage. If not for my insurance covering this surgery I wouldn't be able to offord it. Even if it's a dollar at a time I'm trying to save for plastic surgery for after weight lost.

The list of Vitamin I will be taking that I bought from costco are as follow.

Multivitamin 1 tablet twice a day

calcium citrate 1500mg (500mg 3 times a day)

sublingual vitamin b12 1 tablet once a day

Iron 18mg once daily

I don't know if anything else will be added after the actual surgery. Also calcium citrate will be on sale next week again till 6/3/12 so Costco I will see you soon Lolz...

Ladies, if there is one thing I cannot stress enough is the importance of calcium now that you are really unable to absorb it like a normal person. At 6 years out I went in for a routine bone scan and I have SEVERE OSTEOPEROSIS with fracture risks. I am 43 and finally in good enough shape to do activities I never could but now can't do things because of fear of breaking a bone. I have been to 3 specialists in different fields and they all pretty much chalk it up to the GBP. I am now taking roughly 6,000mg of Ca, 15,000u vit D, magnesium and vit K per day. I've been told that those numbers will be going up. PLEASE TAKE AS MUCH CALCIUM CITRATE AND VIT D as your doc will allow. I don't want others to end up like me, and there are lots of us out there!

I take Bariatric fusion chewable 4xdaily

Mirilax daily

Vit d3 1,000 Iu daily

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I was told by my Dietition the most complete Vitamin is Bariatric fusion if that helps anyone or for comparison reasons and they taste awsome

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If anyone is concerned about hair loss, I take 5000 mg per day and it has really helped.

Bariatric Advantage:

Multivitamin chewable

Iron chewable

sublingual b12

Calcium chew x3

Omega chew

And a b12 shot from my doctor every 2 months.

Does it get any easier to take all your vitamins? I'm 3 weeks post op and they're grossing me out. I bought all the good ones from Bariatric Advantage, but I feel like gagging when I eat them.