Hi. 5 months post op. I've been taking gummy Vitamins daily since April. They were pre approved by my medical team. However a friend who is scheduled for sleeve surgery next month was told by her team that gummy vitamins are useless.

Thoughts?!?! Please.

THANKS

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I think everyone is different. You'll be able to tell if they work when you get your labs drawn.

I've also heard from many that gummy Vitamins are not nearly as effective. Labs will be the telltale sign. And if things are low, I personally recommend the Patches from the BP store. I've been using them for a month now and I feel it more with them than I ever did gummies or any other oral ones.

As the others have said, your labs will be the definitive answer of if the gummies are working for you. Since your bariatric team ok'ed them, I assume they have seen success with them. My team told us not to get gummies since many contain sugar and typically the gummy vitamins aren't considered a "complete" vitamin - meaning they may be missing some vitamins/minerals all together or not have a high enough dose of some.

Edited September 23, 20169 yr by heidikat72

As someone who took gummies before surgery, they work. I get my levels checked every 3 months. Always in range.

Since post-op I have been using chewable's and they SUCK!