Vitamins

[m.sexton 33]

I am having problems finding a Multi-Vitamin that doesn't make me nausea! I have tried the bariatric multi-vitamin and it makes me nausea so I switched to flint stone chewable and they make me nausea! I also cannot take my Calcium chewable without getting sick. What do you do to get your Vitamins down without wanting to throw up?

[Pescador 1,374]

There are liquid vitamins at the health food stores, or on Amazon. My favorite is Source of Life liquid Gold.

[Stevehud 1,790]

many peole use the Patches as well, i dont know the efficacy of them but they are sold here as well.

[Paluma0268 45]

One thing that helps me is to try to take them as close to eating as possible. That way there will hopefully be something on the stomach and not just Vitamin alone. I've always had a problem taking Vitamins without eating before or after and becoming nauseous, so I just assumed the same would be true for me post-surgery.

[Mrs_O 118]

ugh, i feel ya. i have to open my Multivitamin for 12 weeks! today was the first day i had to start taking them and i put mine in applesauce. i can barely choke this junk down and i have to do this 3 times a day!!!

i am going to look for a chewable or dissolvable one tonight at the store. it already takes me so long to eat that i don't know how i can possibly do this 3 times a day

[itstimealready 180]

many peole use the Patches as well, i dont know the efficacy of them but they are sold here as well.

i am LOVING the patches! Not sure if they work or not but LOVE not swallowing any more pills than I have to!

[nlo127@live.com 22]

I also use the Patches

[Kindle 8,667]

Source of Life Gold comes in chewables and liquid. I took the chewables for years, even before VSG. I switched to Vitamin Code for Women capsules as soon as I was OK'd for them since the chewables tasted too sweet to me postop. Whole food based Vitamins are the only ones my mom can take without upsetting her stomach...she has IBD, reflux, and fibromyalgia. She's the one that turned me on to the whole food based vitamins instead of the chemically synthesized ones that can cause stomach upset. Not to mention they are loaded with Probiotics and digestive enzymes.

[Mrs_O 118]

I started taking the flintstone chewables this week and they def go down better than my bariatric ones but I have to take so many to equal the 200% daily dose I need that they give me reflux.

How do the Source of Life Gold ones compare in daily values??

Edited February 14, 2016 by Mrs_O

[sweetsavannah 20]

Wow I just signed on tonight to ask the exact same question! I'm 10 days post-op and I have extreme nausea every time I take an Opurity-Optimized Sleeve/Bypass Vitamin. It's truly awful; I actually start feeling like my temperature is rising along with the nausea. It's happened 3 times now and I can't do it anymore! If you're already having trouble, I highly recommend staying away from that one!

I'll be watching this thread, since I also need help with this! I have to take chewables right now, so I'm limited as to what I can have.

[Susan66 128]

Question about the Vitamin Patch.

Do you need to put a new patch on everyday, weekly, monthly? How does that work?

[Champ715 207]

You put a new patch on each day. I've been using them for 5 months. I had lab work done last week and the only thing that was low as my B12. My doctor suggested taking an additional 500mg of B12 each day. Other than that, everything else looked good.