Though I have not had my surgery yet, I was looking to get my Vitamins ahead of time. Problem is, I have no idea what to get. Brand wise, price wise, what is the best? Those of you that are Post-OP....what are you taking? Where did you get them? My doctor can't burn it into my brain enough that after my surgery I need to take VITAMINS VITAMINS VITAMINS!

You'll have to do some research. My doctor gave me a list of required Vitamins. He also told me I would have to have chewables for the first 6 weeks. My doctor does not allow gummie vitamins. After that, it's up to you. Some take Flintstones chewables, some take the chewables that are the textures of a starburst candy. The only other thing specified was to take Calcium citrate, not carboninate.

At 6 mths I just take regular ones since I have no problem swallowing pills.

I bought the expensive Vitamins at the pharmacy recommended by my surgeon. The next time around I went to Sams and got them. I still buy the Iron tablets from the pharmacy, but I buy the popular brands for vitamins (Sam's house brand for adults 50+). Vitamin B is important so I make sure I take 5000 mg daily of the same Sam's house brand Vitamin B12 tablets (Simply Right). The Citracal gummies you can find at Wal Mart.

The opurity Vitamins are very good. I got the multiply Vitamin and the calcium from unjury. The vitamins especially the calcium are very tasty. The Unjury protien powder is also excellant. Good luck on your journey.

I take a calcium citrate capsule from Vitamin Shoppe, a b-12 from costco, a Centrium multi from Walgreens, Walmart, etc. and Iron from Vitamin Shoppe. The next time I am out of multi Vitamins I'm switching to a regular multi instead of a chewable. My labs were perfect at my 6 month check-up. I think I spend less than $15 a month on vitamins.

After the first two months the Dr, told me I could buy a good multi vitamin from the store like Centrum women , even store brand. But they had us buy ours to begin with from their store to be sure we had enough of what we needed. Your Dr, must be different.

I take

calcium with vitamin d

b12

one a day with iron and zinc

I use bariatric advantage for one a day and calcium. B12 I just got over the counter sublingual tablets cherry flavored. I also did a woman's one a day liquid from grocery store pomegranate flavor and that was ok taste wise too.

I'm 7 months post-op, and I take Bariatric Advantage sublingual b12, Optisource multivitamins that I get at Walgreens, and Citrical petites calcium. All my blood work had been normal so far :-)

It is important to get Vitamins that your body can assimilate properly. I found the only way to do that is to use liquid vitamins. You can find them on line at a reasonable price. vitacost.com is where I found reasonably priced vitamins. I use the Wellesse liquid but there are others. There are also chewables at the website that are easily assimilated.

I've been using the Bariatric Advantage Advanced Multi EA are chewable and they have the B vitamin, iron and calcium included. Their carmel calcium citrate chews are yummy too, it's like eating a piece of candy!! I also take liquid B-12.