Hello everyone! I went to my surgeons checkup appointment today and I was given paper work for a company called Nascobal They are a bariatric pharmaceutical company that ships monthly vitamins to your home you get : vitamin b-12 nasal spray prescription strength, Multivitamin, Iron+ Vitamin C, and Calcium+ D3 with Magnesium. They will bill my insurance and I pay a co-pay of 20 dollars a month. I'm just wondering if anyone else has used this service, or knows anything about these specific bariatric vitamins? I know they are all chewable. My surgeon thinks it's a great program to get the right vitamins that He feels I need to have and of course you can't beat 20 bucks a month for all of it. Thank you in advance! I hope everyone is doing well

Edited March 13, 201511 yr by Elode

I applied for this but they didn't take Medicare or ChampVA. They won't tell you over the phone if your insurance will pay. I think they contact your insurance and they decide if they want to pay for it. Good luck!

@@CanyonBaby hey it's worth a try!

@@Granny Barbie wow I wonder why they wouldn't tell you? They told me but I have BCBS Federal so mabe they just knew? Strange.

I have bcbsAL (peehip) and I was told my insurance wouldn't cover it. However, I was pleasantly surprised when I got a call saying it was covered - I just have a $40 copay each month.

As far as taste, the Vitamins and Calcium aren't that bad. They dissolve pretty good if you just hold them in your mouth - a little chalky if you try to chew them up.

These are the vitamins and calcium I was put on. Delivery was great. They are similar to a chewable antacid tablet. A bit chalky yet tolerable. Hope that helps.

I just got them! So far I've tried the multivitamin (not bad) and the b-12 spray. It kinda freaked me out, I didn't know the liquid was red so when I sprayed it in my nose some red came out. I thought I was bleeding!! They should warn a person about that! Geez!

Edited March 19, 201511 yr by Elode

@@Elode LOL I forgot to mention that! It's a pretty good deal, just wasn't for me since I couldn't stomach the Vitamins - again, my sensitive tummy I'm sure. The co-pay for the B-12 spray (which is Rx) was the same through them or my pharmacy, so the Vitamins were basically a freebie. My doctor just swiched me to other vitamins & I can take pills now....I just couldn't see wasting them when someone else could use

Enjoy!

I had my surgery last week (March 11th) and haven't been cleared for Vitamins yet, but I bought the Journey Vitamins because it was a multi-complex Vitamin and I don't need to take a thousand other pills with it. I'll be taking 3 in the morning and 3 at night and that's it.

I like the delivery option though. It takes the thinking out of it lol

Thanks for sharing!

My insurance would not cover it. Honestly, I'm glad that they didn't. I don't think I now spend $25 a month on Vitamins, even after I had to changed to a bit more expensive Iron supplement.

I get the b12 at costco and it was really cheap. I've been taking the Centrium chewable multi Vitamin but I think I'm switching to a regular multi when my supply runs out soon. I get calcium capsules at Vitamin Shoppe and they are also inexpensive. I thought I would be spending a fortune on vitamins, but I'm not. If only I could get my insurance to cover my Protein, that would be awesome!!

@@tamg26k There are some programs that will cover the protien shakes. I never used them but I know some have.

I love them! I use the b-12 nasal and the dissolving multi and calcium! ????

@@tamg26k There are some programs that will cover the protien shakes. I never used them but I know some have.

. Is there really do you have the names of any because that would be awesome

Ok I've decided I can't do the zinc...makes me ill, I can't stand the calcium tablet to powder consistence eww. So I'm liking the multivitamin and nose spray. I doubt I will get another months supply. It was worth the try though.

@@emma88 Insure nutrition is one you can check into.

@@Elode It's really the B12 spray that is prescription. You should be able to transfer the script to your regular pharmacy for the same co-pay if you wanted. I went back to my Andrew Lessman Vitamins, but had the spray transferred to Express Scripts. Whether it's real or in my head, at the moment I think I feel better with the spray than the dissolving B12 I have.