Vitamins

[FitzandGiggles 0]

Hey I haven’t found a chewable bariatric Vitamin that I have liked the taste of and was wondering if any of you guys has had better luck. Currently I take NU life advanced bariatric chewable tablets and I found them bitter. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

[CyndieRI 251]

My surgeon suggested Flintstones chewables. I love them!! ❤️

[MarinaGirl 608]

I never found any chewables I could stomach, especially as most/all contain sugar alcohols, which caused me nausea post-op. Instead, I just took regular Vitamins, and the larger ones I cut in half with a pill cutter.

[MarinaGirl 608]

3 minutes ago, CyndieRI said:

My surgeon suggested Flintstones chewables. I love them!! ❤️

My medical team clearly said to not take Flinstones or children’s Vitamins as they don’t contain the right vitamins and dosages for adult bariatric patients.

Edited October 24, 2018 by MarinaGirl

[johnsons13 359]

I had the same issue and still do, but I found a multi with Iron and recommended dose of Calcium and all I have to take is an extra calcium a day and one extra B12 a week. Bari Life has a multi that you can put in Water like crystal lite and it is milky and looks nasty, but the lemon tastes like lemonade and the watermelon tastes like watermelon. I went on their website and asked for a free sample. My Dr office had another brand and mentioned this one but didn't have samples of the Bari Life. The other brand I tried tasted exactly how multi's smell with a hint of fruit. But I LOVE the Bari Life.

[Matt Z 4,138]

7 hours ago, CyndieRI said:

My surgeon suggested Flintstones chewables. I love them!! ❤️

Your surgeon advised this? Flintstones Vitamins are **NOT** enough for WLS patients IE they don't contain enough of what WLS patients need after surgery.

https://www.bariatriceating.com/2016/06/faq-dr-said-take-flintstone-vitamins/

[johnsons13 359]

3 minutes ago, Matt Z said:

Your surgeon advised this? Flintstones Vitamins are **NOT** enough for WLS patients IE they don't contain enough of what WLS patients need after surgery.

https://www.bariatriceating.com/2016/06/faq-dr-said-take-flintstone-vitamins/

The only time my Dr's office recommended "kid" Vitamins was when I couldn't stomach the ones I had while I was waiting for the new ones to come in. She said I could chew one of my son's flinstone vitamins to at least get something in me. But I couldn't depend on them for good. Like you said Matt, she said they didn't have enough to meet my requiremnts and they also contain more sugar.

[James Marusek 5,244]

9 hours ago, MarinaGirl said:

My medical team clearly said to not take Flinstones or children’s Vitamins as they don’t contain the right Vitamins and dosages for adult bariatric patients.

My surgeon's office recommended taking 3 Flintstone vitamins daily. I encountered no problems with taking these. They were readily available and cheap. My blood workups showed they were effective. I am over 5 years post-op.

I use to pick these up by large bottles at Sam's club. But for some reason, it seems like they transitioned to Flintstone gummy vitamins. And as a result the large bottles are no longer available. I was warned by my surgeon's office to not use Gummy vitamins because they would not be absorbed properly. I tried using other children's Multivitamins, but I was dissatisfied with them. They tasted bad. And also they changed color from light to very dark over a few months.

Around the second or third year I transitioned to taking normal multivitamins.

[Ed_NW 684]

I think I will try this. Any thoughts?

[Kara Eckel 32]

I have used the BariMelts Multivitamin (chewables) as well as the Bariatric Advantage Multivitamin (chewables). The BariMelts melt in your mouth, flavor is pretty decent with only a hint of a vitamin'y taste. But the Bariatric Advantage is like eating Starburst candies

[Frustr8 7,886]

But I still find them a little grainy, and you have to take 2, my cheap but good-- Wal-Mart prenatal only 1 and it went down easy. Always has.