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For those of you who have calcium citrate on their required Vitamin list, what are you using? I have Citrical "petites" which I assure you are not "petite" as the bottle indicates. They may be smaller than the regular ones but one certainly requires more than a sip of beverage to get it down!!! They are tough going down and I have to take 4 daily. UGH!

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Frankly, I can never find exactly what they recommend to take so I have to do my best. I have Calcium wafers that say bariatric support on the container. They are chewable (and big). Do you have a pill cutter or crusher? That can help. I have to cut my antacids every morning. Otherwise, try to find chewables.< /p>

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I take Citracal Maximum. These are horse pills. Originally I thought I was suppose to take 3 a day but it turns out that the dosage (630 mg of calcium) is based on taking 2 tablets. So my nutritionist informed me of my mistake and as a result I take 6 a day. In the beginning I had to crush these down to powder and mix them in a drink to swallow them. It was awful tasting. But by the 3rd month, I was able to swallow them whole and then it stopped being a problem.

I am now a year post-op and have cut myself down to 4 tablets a day. This is because I drink plenty of milk for my Protein requirement and my body appears to be absorbing some of the Calcium from the milk. This is what my blood tests have shown.

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I take the sugar free viactiv soft chews. they taste like eating a tootsie roll. I take 2 a day.

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I use Celebrate calcium citrate Chews in berry flavor. They also come in carmel or chocolate. I take two 3x a day and they are good tasting.

I know of individuals that use calcium citrate Chews from costco which come in carmel or chocolate.< /p>

I have in the past used the Celebrate Citrate chewable Tablets in cherry tart and those were good too.

Celebrate makes one more Calcium Citrate a Soft Chew and those are good also.

I was also told by my surgeon and nutritionist that my Vitamins had to be chewables except for Vitamin D3 and Omega 3. With bypass you have a better absorption with chewables.

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I use Bariatric Advantage chews in lemon, raspberry, and caramel. Bariatric Advantage also has a chewable lozenge/wafer in cherry that is really tasty. All of these are delicious.

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For those of you who have calcium citrate on their required Vitamin list, what are you using? I have Citrical "petites" which I assure you are not "petite" as the bottle indicates. They may be smaller than the regular ones but one certainly requires more than a sip of beverage to get it down!!! They are tough going down and I have to take 4 daily. UGH!

I am almost a month out and I take Bariatric Advantage chewable 500 Carmel bites, one chew 2x's a day. They go down smooth and are so good you want another. They look like Carmel and easy to chew. The also have vitamin D3 included.

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Thanks for the post. I am apparently not taking enough. I will check this out.

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