Post-Op Vitamins?

[rch1286 23]

Hi All,

I'm a little over a month out and I got my Vitamins in the other day. The nasal spray is fine, but the rest make me so nauseous. They are BariActiv Multivitamin, Calcium + d3 & magnesium, and Iron + Vitamin C. Taking them all together was a mistake. Even taking them separately makes me feel nauseous, so much so I got sick last night. I have my 1 month appointment on Friday where I'm going to bring this up, but I was curious to see if you guys had any advice/experience.

Thanks!

[Jazzy1125 1,010]

The advice i got from my dr.. on the Multi Vitamins as that is all i am taking right now. Was to make sure i did not take on an empty stomach. The first 3 days i got sick.. then on Saturday was my forth attempt.. and i had it after my Breakfast. I was so nervous taking it afraid i was going to get sick again, but i did not. So now i am 3 days into taking it with my food..(or after i finish breakfast food) and i havent been sick at all.

[KCgirl061 1,533]

I do 2 things to help curb the nausea with my multi. I make sure I eat something right before I take it. Usually its a rice cake with Peanut Butter. And I take it right before bed. That way I'm laying down not moving or anything if I get a little nauseous. Usually only lasts 5-10 minutes this way.

[Matt Z 4,140]

24 minutes ago, rch1286 said:

Hi All,

I'm a little over a month out and I got my Vitamins in the other day. The nasal spray is fine, but the rest make me so nauseous. They are BariActiv Multivitamin, Calcium + d3 & magnesium, and Iron + Vitamin C. Taking them all together was a mistake. Even taking them separately makes me feel nauseous, so much so I got sick last night. I have my 1 month appointment on Friday where I'm going to bring this up, but I was curious to see if you guys had any advice/experience.

Thanks!

This is super controversial, but... I'm using Patches. Have been since before my surgery and my 3 month, 6 month and 9 month labs *all* came back in the normal range. So, that's an option if you don't mind a lack of proper clinical studies. Also there are the Tespo Vitamins, they are liquid and I hear pretty tasty.

[GreenTealael 25,553]

I have two types of vitamins:

Party and Business.

I alternate because if I had to swallow pills constantly I wouldn't (I take pills for other medical issues and that's more that enough) I've been doing it this way from the start. My levels are always good (except Iron but that's a separate issue)

Here's a pic of my large assortment or party favors

Check with with your team and see what your options are.

Edited December 10, 2018 by GreenTealael

[Kristen94 2]

Oh my goodness! I’m 2 weeks post-op and I took my Multivitamin the other day and I was SO nauseous I thought it was just me! I haven’t taken it since because I’m afraid that I am going to get sick. I had no idea that I had to eat before I took my multivitamin! So glad I came across this post!

[Chevron 49]

Immediately post op I was instructed to use a Multivitamin that dissolved in Water. Two months out my dietician put me on a chewable multi. She said most people get nauseous doing a chewable if they’re less than two months post op.

[sillykitty 10,787]

Most Vitamins make me nauseous as well. But my Dr.'s PA recomnded these, and they are fine, even on an empty stomach

[MarkLewis 21]

I also get nauseous when taking the chewable vitamins. The NP at my surgeon's office said I could switch to pill at my next delivery so I called the pharmacy and made the switch. Hopefully, this will be better.

[S@ssen@ch 745]

In my first month, I tried at least 4 different kinds of multi's because they were making me so sick. But what made me sick doesn't necessarily make others sick and visa versa.

At this point, I couldn't even tell you which one's I tried. I actually started out on the Patches, but developed a sensitivity to the adhesive and couldn't tolerate them. My surgeon gave me a good-sized take home packet of several different brands and styles. I know I tried chewables (the chalky kind), capsules, soft chews.

i settled on Vitafusion gummy vitamins. I took both the multi for women and the Calcium. When I ran out of the multi's a few weeks ago, I went back to One-a-day for active women (I was taking them before surgery and had some left). I've heard good things about the Whole foods ones (pictured on someone's post above) and when I run low on the One-A-Day, I plan to give those a try. BTW: just had my labs checked last week and all is good!

Best advice I can give: take them with food or after you eat and don't stock up on too many until you've found what works best for you. *maybe ask your surgeon and/or nutritionist if they have some samples. I also think I saw on here where some of the name brand companies will provide samples for you to try out.

Good luck! Finding the right Vitamins was a tough stage for me.

[Liz The New Me 281]

PRE -OP I was taking all the pills. Then after I could not handle the taste and neither could my stomach. I have been on the patch since the end of Sept. Just had one set of blood work done 2 weeks ago all came back great.

[caryla 17]

11 days post op. Struggling with the chewable vitamins! Was ready to go to the ER today the burping was so bad and stomach pain excruciating! Still on a liquid diet, so what does that mean “take after food”? I can’t take them another day! Any suggestions? I want to stop taking them altogether!

[MarkLewis 21]

On 12/11/2018 at 9:01 AM, MarkLewis said:

I also get nauseous when taking the chewable vitamins. The NP at my surgeon's office said I could switch to pill at my next delivery so I called the pharmacy and made the switch. Hopefully, this will be better.

Update: I got the pill forms of the Vitamins and they go down just fine. No nausea, etc. I also had stalled while not taking any vitamins, but now that I have been taking them for a week I have lost another 5 lbs. Sweet.