Hi guys, my surgery is the 25th of July. As I watched YouTube videos on WLS I saw someone mention the BariMelts. When I started my pre-op liquid diet I couldn’t keep down pills. So I bought the barimelts and I just tried them. They taste great! I hope my tastes don’t change toward them after surgery. Anyway. I just wanted to share. If you have other vitamins you like let me know.
I bought:
Calcium
D3 to absorb Calcium
Multivitamin
Iron+Vitamin C

I didn’t get the B12, my doctor hasn’t told me to.

How many times per day do you have to take them? I thought I was doing great taking my all my vitamins and then I read the bottle of the barriatric vitamin I have and learned I'm suppose to be taking it three times per day. Not too smart of me not reading the label...now I'm looking for a multi that I can take once per day.

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On 07/09/2018 at 18:19, Vegasurvivor said:

How many times per day do you have to take them? I thought I was doing great taking my all my Vitamins and then I read the bottle of the barriatric Vitamin I have and learned I'm suppose to be taking it three times per day. Not too smart of me not reading the label...now I'm looking for a multi that I can take once per day.

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I am going to take all of these at the same time at night. It just says the dosage is 2 for multivitamin, 2 for Calcium, 3 for iron/vitamin C and 1 for D3. So this picture is a 1-2 month supply depending on the bottle. It cost me about $20 a bottle. I’m sure you can find them cheaper somewhere. But yea I’m going to take them all at night.

I wouldn’t stock up on vitamins pre-op. I took the Celebrate Complete pre-op and found that my stomach couldn’t handle them AT ALL after surgery. They made me violently ill. I had to switch to a vitamin d3 softgel, Flintstones Complete and the monthly B12 shot.

Not everyone will become intolerant of their vitamins after, but be mindful just in case. ;)

I have to take two multivitamins in AM and calcium chew two hours after. I then have to take calcium chew at dinner and bedtime as well. I was told not to take calcium with multi so you may want to check into that.

I wouldn't try taking them all at once after surgery. You can before but after...not a good thing. Even one may make you nauseated or sick. I've always had an iron stomach and could take any kind of pill ect. But after surgery things are not the same. I've had to buy calcium citrate three times in two months trying to find one that I did not get nauseated from. Bought chewable from barriatric advantage and have to take three per day with food at different times of day. Finally found what works on third purchase. And person that posted that said do not stock up before surgery has best advice!!

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1 hour ago, Carlad48 said:

I have to take two Multivitamins in AM and Calcium chew two hours after. I then have to take calcium chew at dinner and bedtime as well. I was told not to take calcium with multi so you may want to check into that.

This! Space them out as much as possible to get maximum absorption. Also, calcium needs to be separate from your multi, and it absorbs better with food.

Thanks for the advice. The NUT didn’t tell me that.

I'm digging the PatchMD Vitamin Patches. My 3 month labs came back good, so they do work (at least for me). Love not having to take a handful of pills or chewables. Just slap on 3 patches in the morning and I'm good for the day.

I'm with you on that. When I need to reorder, I'm going with the patches. Which 3 do you use? Of course the multivitamin I will order. My NUT suggests b12, calcium citrate and an omega three.
Thank you!!

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I used flintstones complete, and use barimelts to meet my iron and vitamin d targets. Taking 1 barimelts iron gets me to 54, and 1 barimelts vitamin d puts me over my target.

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The patches sound great. I will definitely look into that at my next round of vitamins.

2 minutes ago, Laura7 said:

The Patches sound great. I will definitely look into that at my next round of Vitamins.

I know that @Matt Z is happy with the patches, as are others on here. But they are controversial and some programs don't allow them.

17 hours ago, Laura7 said:

I am going to take all of these at the same time at night. It just says the dosage is 2 for Multivitamin, 2 for Calcium, 3 for iron/vitamin C and 1 for D3. So this picture is a 1-2 month supply depending on the bottle. It cost me about $20 a bottle. I’m sure you can find them cheaper somewhere. But yea I’m going to take them all at night.

Don't take your calcium and iron at the same time. They should be no closer than 2 hours a part.

17 hours ago, Vegasurvivor said:

How many times per day do you have to take them? I thought I was doing great taking my all my Vitamins and then I read the bottle of the barriatric Vitamin I have and learned I'm suppose to be taking it three times per day. Not too smart of me not reading the label...now I'm looking for a multi that I can take once per day.

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This is what I take, its one pill per day. You do have to take your calcium separately due to the multivitamin containing iron. So I take my calcium citrate/vitamin d tab in the mornings and 1 multivitamin at night. Once you can swallow pills, these are a great option. $45.99 for a 90 day supply.

Thank you so much!!

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