My surgery is not until Nov 30th,but I have been looking in to purchasing my vitamins from when I get home. What vitamins does everyone use and where do you purchase them and if possible can you attach a picture of the packaging looks like.

I would really like some insight about this Thanks

I just buy all my supplements directly from my doctors office. They sell the bariatric advantage stuff, and they sell them for cheaper than anywhere I could find online.

I'm not a fan of their protein so I'll use something else going forward, but your surgeons office could be a good place to start

I also use bariatric advatage but, my Dr didn't allow me to use them until I was one month post op. I also take Noscabel which is a B12 inhaler (prescription needed). My insurance company pays for it with a $20 a month co pay.

18 minutes ago, Mhy12784 said:

I just buy all my supplements directly from my doctors office. They sell the Bariatric Advantage stuff, and they sell them for cheaper than anywhere I could find online.

I'm not a fan of their Protein so I'll use something else going forward, but your surgeons office could be a good place to start

Thank you!

1 minute ago, Danny Paul said:

I also use bariatric advatage but, my Dr didn't allow me to use them until I was one month post op. I also take Noscabel which is a B12 inhaler (prescription needed). My insurance company pays for it with a $20 a month co pay.

Thank you, I was also thinking of the inhaler or a shot even though I hate needles it is once a month.

5 minutes ago, Danny Paul said:

I also use bariatric advatage but, my Dr didn't allow me to use them until I was one month post op. I also take Noscabel which is a B12 inhaler (prescription needed). My insurance company pays for it with a $20 a month co pay.

I'm 3-4 days post op and they had me advance to stage 2 and start my supplements .

Weird how different the time frame is. I guess it depends how much nauseous and vomiting you get as well as how you tolerate everything

It had nothing to do with nauseous or vomiting. My surgeon believes you can get by with a month before vitamins so you can concentrate on the liquid phase and puree phase (2 weeks each).

My surgery isn't until Jan. 11, but I am going to start on my vitamins early. I just purchased the Tespo liquid vitamin dispenser and ordered the Men's Bariatric Plus vitamin subscription. My surgeons office uses the PatchMD vitamins but I feel like I'll have better absorption with a liquid than a topical vitamin.

I use Centrum Liquid. Liquid absorbs the best.

9 hours ago, thenewme12501 said:

I use Centrum Liquid. Liquid absorbs the best.

Oohh Im going to look that up! Thanks!

I also use bariatric advatage but, my Dr didn't allow me to use them until I was one month post op. I also take Noscabel which is a B12 inhaler (prescription needed). My insurance company pays for it with a $20 a month co pay.

I just went to my support group here in Phoenix and a rep from Nutrition Direct was there. With the RX for the Nascobal (b12) you get BariActive multivitamin, calcium + D3 & magnesium, and iron + vitamin c: all for the co-pay for the B12 if they take your insurance and they mail to you once a month. Good program if you qualify. Unfortunately they did not take my insurance [emoji26]
My DR had me start all my vitamins 1 month pre-op. I take Optisource multivitamin and Barimelts Calcium and I just found at Walgreens Natrol B12 in a chewable.
Good Luck [emoji106]


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