If not what are we looking for in the vitamin

I would stay on your Dr. advise, or Bariatric Advantage multi chewables, since 4 weeks is still so short of a time. I think I'd go heavy on Vitamins for the rest of your life, right?

Perhaps there are some more you can graduate too, after blood-work to see where you may be lacking. I'd request a blood work up. =) That's just me.

This close to being post op, I'm sticking with multivitamins and other vitamins specifically formulated for Bariatric patients - I'm using Barimelts which I purchased on Amazon. For the other vitamins I need to take (Iron, Calcium, B12, and D3), I'm also currently using Barimelts and Bariatric advantage brands - whichever is cheaper on Amazon that meet the dosage required by my surgeon. Best to talk to your nutritionist/surgeon or GP as they also need to accompany your blood work over the next few months to avoid deficiencies.

Definitely a question for your nutritionist or Doctor.

But I was told to take bariatric Vitamins initially. I took Celebrate vitamins, I really liked it (strawberry pineapple flavor) and also Wellese liquid calcium.

Fast foward a year post op. All my numbers were great except my b12 was really high. So my nutritionist and nurse practitioner switched me to children's flinstone (not the gummy kind) and I take b12 separately every other day. The celebrate had b12 in it, so to bring my numbers down I now take b12 separately. Flinstone is much cheaper and taste equally as good.

My doctor recommended the Optisource Bariatric chewable. You take like 4 a day but they have everything that a WLS patient needs.

Like others have said:

Doctor or nutricianist SHOULD have given you a list & yes the bloodwork will show up what you need to be taking, if deficient

I have found that a lot of the "bariatric" products are overpriced and come in small amounts like a month at a time. I just get the feeling they are trying to cash out on us. Centrum has an orange flavor chewable that has daily amount of Iron needed which can save you from having to take iron individually. There are roughly 90 for $10 and since I'm taking them 2 times a day that's enough for 45 days of course. Not a bad deal.

My multivitamin is just a regular generic one (similar to centrum).

My nutritionist will have me starting the Flintstones Vitamins (2 a day) after week 2. I am on 1 a day now until surgery.

I can't fathom why some are talking cost of pills/vitamins when in fact they should be eating about 1/4 to 1/3 what they used to. What's wrong with this picture?

You guys


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Call them!

Edited January 19, 201610 yr by Amelie2016