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Vitamins

Where have you found to be the best source for Vitamins after bariatric surgery? Do you pay out of pocket, or does the insurance cover the cost?

I have been looking around .

This is what I need daily:

Multi-Vitamin/Mineral with Iron 2 a day

Calcium Citrate with Vitamin D 1200 mg

Vitamin D-3 5000 IU

Vitamin B12 1000 mcg

Biotin 2000 mcg

Suggestions ?

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WLS Vitamins.com Developed by a bariatric surgeon. Complete; very reasonably priced. BUT, caltrate with d is a good value especially if you find a coupon in the paper. I doubt ins. will pay. Never heard of that. But do keep receipts. Can itemize on taxes as you NEED it to live.

I take Centrium chewable multi Vitamins (you can find almost anywhere, very inexpensive) - 2 per day

calcium citrate capsules from Vitamin shoppe(also inexpensive) - 2 capsules, 3xs a day

B12 (from costco, even though it is twice the dosage I was told was fine, also inexpensive)

Vitamin D (almost anywhere)

Iron (capsules from Vitamin shoppe)

I'm 6 months out and no longer take any bariatric specific vitamins. I'm hoping within the next few months I can switch to a regular multi vitamin instead of a chewable

my surgeon suggests Flintstone for children! Seriously! No need to get overly fancy. People get rich selling us junk food, and they get rich helping us heal.

I take Celebrate Multivitamins so far. They specialize in bariatric supplements, but I'm still waiting on instructions for more supplements after I'm further out from surgery. You can order a sample pack on their website (http://www.celebratevitamins.com/) to see how you like the taste before you go all-in. The sample pack contains pretty much every product they make, but you can also request something specific in the comments box if you need it.

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