Calcium Supplements Help Needed

[robga999 129]

I take 1 tums sometimes 2 a day for Calcium support.im 5 days post op!

[Birdie77 51]

I bought viactive chewable last night, but I read that anyone who has had surgery like us should stay away from Calcium bicarbonate because it needs acid from stomach to activate and we won't absorb it as well as calcium citrate. Is that true?

Edited October 11, 2014 by Birdie77

[suekistar 12]

I found a liquid that I really like. It was a t a Vitamin store. I can't recall the name. But it tastes like orange.

[nzumar 8]

I tried the bariatric caramels, hated them. My husband got me some "mini" Calcium tablets at the store, they might as well be horse pills . I just ordered some cinnamon dissolvable pills from Bariatric Advantage. Hoping for the best!

[Angie413 47]

I have been doing the Bariatric Advantage chewable is chocolate. They are disgusting today is my first day and every time I eat one I'm disgusted. These are not the chewy ones I winder if those would be different. Sadly I bought a big container. Yukkkk

[Birdie77 51]

I just had my 1st post op and I asked the same question. She recommended citrical gummies that you can get at WG

[Thinkingthinner1109 485]

I cannot find one I like either, spending a small fortune trying to find a good one! Lol. Yeah petite Calcium pills, I also fell for that, no such thing!

[Birdie77 51]

I bought the petites too...not very petite for sure.

[Luvin_Life125 558]

I use the Bariatric Advantage calcium citrate chewy bites. I have raspberry, lemon, caramel, and chocolate and I really like them. If you want to pm me I can put a few in an envelope and drop them in the mail to you so you can try the flavors before you buy them? Good luck finding something you like!

[Oregondaisy 2,019]

Any kind of chocolate chews that you buy in the store are not calcium citrate. We don't absorb Calcium carbonate. Check the label. If it says calcium cabronate, your body is absorbing little or none of it.

I think the only place you can get the chocolate chews in calcium citrate is at Bariatric Advantage. I also get the choc/pb because they have 500 mg in them, the most you can absorb at once.

[Larly109 19]

Wellesse makes a liquid Calcium that's palatable and is sold at Walmart. I ordered the lemon flavor Calcet from Amazon and really like them. They're like a little bite of lemony dessert.