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So for the rest of my life I need to take a bariatric muti Vitamin after sleeve surgery. For my first month I was on a special chewable version and the nutritionist at the office told me at a month to switch to a standard bariatric Vitamin. She told me that I should purchase the Vitamins through the office because they are the best.

I purchased my first month through the office ($30 a bottle), but now I am ready to make the switch at 1 month out. I am an hour away from my Dr. Office and can't count on being near the office for the rest of my life.

I would prefer to just order them online, but they only sell my office's vitamin through the office... Ugg. So my question is, what vitamin do you use for a bariatric muti vitamin? can you order it online? do you think my weight loss center is just trying to make money?

Thoughts?

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What brand? I get mine from Amazon. Have you checked there?

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I just take a Gummy Multivitamin everyday. I purchased mine from Walmart. My surgeon said it just needed to be a Multivitamin didn't specify what brand but when I told him it's a gummie womens Vitamin he said that was fine. That's ridiculous to have to pay that much for Vitamins. BTW I was sleeved on 3/23 and I'm doing great and have lost 30 pounds.

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You don't have to buy fancy, high-priced Vitamins, just so you know. I use Centrum chewables.

The Sleeve doesn't have any malabsorption aspect like bypass does. So you can get buy with normal Vitamins.

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What brand? I get mine from Amazon. Have you checked there?

Not sure-- I asked if I could get them online and the woman said no that they only sell them through WLC. I may call to get the brand and check online just to see.

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My surgeon gave me a list of Vitamins and dosage amounts. He doesn't require a specific brand. I take a regular multi in addition to individual supplements (c, Iron, B12, b1, d3, d+k). I look for sales.

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Flintstones chewable were listed on the paperwork from my surgery center. They are very affordable and very available anywhere. The other supplement recommended was a viactiv Calcium chew. Again cheap and available. I do feel your center might be trying to make money off of you if they want you to only buy their Vitamins.< /p>

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They just trying to make you buy theirs!!!! It is not required like with a bypass. All you need is Multi-Vitamin, B12, C,D and Calcium for the first few months until you are eating most of the foods that will give you what you need. Then only a multivitamin is needed. As a woman you can always use extra D and calcium.

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I've been buying the Celebrate Multivitamins online. They're designed for bariatric patients and more reasonable than what they sell at my doctor. They are $16 for a one month supply and $40 for a four or five month supply. They're capsules and much easier to keep down.

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