Can you crush non chewable iron, multi vitamin, b12 & biotin?

[takingaleap 71]

It sure but I have some non chewable a already. Can I crush them, or no??

[Danni-doinit4me 140]

You can crush most meds if they are not enteric coated, or time released. If you are not sure call the pharmacist. Hope this helps some.

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,282]

You can find liquid or chewable anything pretty much now days. I imagine crushing Iron would taste pretty horrible. I found Iron chews at Vitamin Shoppe, as well as liquid. The liquid tasted really bad although it did help keep my iron up and I am severely anemic. Good luck.

[BigGirlPanties 957]

and make sure you aren't taking Calcium and Iron together....

[Chelly 364]

I take chewables of Biotin from Twinlabs called Biotin dots.

I take chewable calcium citrate which you can get from costco, Celebrate Vitamins, and other Vitamin companies.

I take Flinestones multi chewable vitamins from costco ( they're the cheapest for them) because that's what my surgeon says to take and I believe they have an easier Iron to digest in them.

I swallow Omega 3 and Vitamin D.

Also B12 which I get at Costco too is suppose to go under your tongue or it won't be absorbed into your body. That is once a week I take that.

So this is what I take and do.

Edited May 13, 2014 by Chelly

[PdxMan 4,292]

As Chelly mentioned, B12 is a sublingual, meaning it is put under the tongue. B12 is one of those Vitamins which is absorbed in the stomach, not the intestines like most nourishment is. The removal of 85% of sleever's stomach's or the small pouch used by pass limits the amount of surface area for which the B12 absorption process can occur. I have read that lap-band folks do not usually suffer from B12 issues which would make sense since they have the entirety of their stomach, so normal B12 absorption can take place. If they are having B12 issues, they either had them pre-op or are not consuming foods in a quantity which can satisfy the body's B12 needs.

Underneath the tongue just happens to be tissue which is able to absorb B12, so that is why you see B12 as sublinguals. You are not to chew or crush these, but just leave them sitting under the tongue until they naturally dissolve.

[vogue 310]

I got tired of the "Cherry " flavor of the sublingual B12.

I now do monthly b12 shots (got prescription from pcp & give them to myself). Easier & cheaper

[takingaleap 71]

Ok thanks everyone

[bennettkathryn 1]

Vita4life’s Vitamins are tablets only. You can crush and consume it.