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I've not been able to take my Vitamin since week 2 it makes my vomit I've seen in here today the patch can someone shed some light on this? I did speak to my NUT she said I could try other ones just had not looked into other ones yet I was sleeved on 7/13/16 275.0 surgery day 246.7 now been at a stall for 2 weeks

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I used the Vitamin Patches for a short time, because my surgeon said they have not yet proven they are what they claim, and he does not recommend them. As with most Vitamins they are not regulated, but I guess he claims the studies have not shown they are effective. He recommends the chewables, but now at 1 year out I just swallow them, and even at 3 months out I began to swallow them, the chewables were too sweet. The Patches are so easy to use, and I hope 1 day they find they are as effective as all the others. I do go to a support group and some of the people there use the patches and state there labs are always fine and they have no deficencies, so maybe they do work.

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I was having a reaction to the chewable that I was using so I switched to patch MD about 5 weeks after surgery. I checked with NUT and she said she had 2 patients using them and they worked fine. I've since had my 3 month and 6 month blood tests and everything was good except the Vitamin B12 was a bit low so I have to take extra.

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