My surgery is April 4 andmy doctor told me to start taking my vitamins last week. I was told to take Flinstones multivitamins but I remember reading an article online saying they're actually not as good as other multivitamins. I dont know. I'm trying to salvage my hair and such. What were you told to take? For people who've already had the surgery, what helped you?

On 3/24/2019 at 7:01 PM, bOrii305 said:

I take Centrum adult chewable and they are great you feel the difference

Does Centrum have Iron in it though? I heard we're supposed to take Iron too... I dont know

On 3/27/2019 at 6:59 PM, Mj77803 said:

My dietician does not recommend flintstones, vitamin patches, or the Vitamin kreurig thing. She recommend the Bariatric Advantage chewable and then 2 cal chews- i take the BA solo with Iron and then 2 hours later a cal chew and then a few hours later another chew. She said your body won't obsorb the Calcium if you take right after the pill. After having the sleeve I developed a horrible texture issue and couldn't do the chews. They were like a super thick flintstone and made me gag

Can you take tablets instead of chewables?

On 3/27/2019 at 8:16 PM, catwoman7 said:

mine said Flintstones but I'd read quite a bit about them not having everything we need. I asked the nutritionist about Centrum (or the generic equivalent), and she said those were even better. Not sure why they just don't recommend Centrum instead. Although my surgery was almost four years ago - maybe they do recommend Centrum now (??). At any rate, I've been taking them this whole time. chewables for the first few months, regular tablets now.

Yeah I think that's what I'm gonna do, too. They told me to take flinstones but I keep hearing bad things about it. Thank you!

On 3/30/2019 at 6:14 PM, Mauvelilly said:

I’m pre-op and I’m taking BariMelts Vitamins. I never took vitamins before so I decided I better get into the habit before surgery.

Yeah it's difficult to remember if you've never taken medicine regularly before. I'm struggling too...

On 3/31/2019 at 8:01 AM, shanshan said:

My surgeon sent one year supply of bariatric Multivitamins & Iron to my insurance to collect b4 surgery. After that I plan to get the same ones unless my team says otherwise.

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OMG I want to ask my surgeon to do the same thing for me. I hope I can. Thanks!

My surgeon, recommended Celebrate Calcium 500mg, two a day, Celebrate Multivitamin, two a day, B12, and Biotin for hair. Cannot take more than 500 mg at one time. Should be alternated one vitamin at a time at least two hours apart. I’ve been on my pre-op diet and vitamin regimen since 3/31/19. Good luck!

My sister is a representative for the vitamin company Shaklee and that’s what I’m taking! I’m doing just fine with them. I invested in a nice pill organizer that organizes my vitamins by the time of day, so each Saturday I load up my pill organizer for the week. I super recommend that! So helpful!

I found this that I thought would be helpful.

This is what I take. I was told I have to space out my Calcium this way to absorb enough, and not to take it at the same time as iron. These are the brands my program recommends. I have since found identical vitamins that are CVS generics. Because I'm a member I get BOGO and 20% off their brand name, which makes them pretty affordable.

BariMelts Biotin worked so well on me I started to get hair in unwanted places and discontinued. I've had no hairloss at 6 months.

These are all normal pills I swallow except the Calcium, which are chews

Morning

• One A Day Women’s Vitamin

• Vitamin D 2,000

• Vitron C Iron

• Vitamin B12 500 mcg

• IC Ursodiol 300 mg

Noon

• Viactive Calcium

Dinner

• Viactive Calcium

Evening

• Viactive Calcium

• IC Ursodiol 300 mg

Edited April 4, 20197 yr by JessLess

I think Flintstones are okay short term when youre starting out on chewables but as you get further out you'll want to switch to something more fitting. A lot of people take the multivitamins that you take 4 times a day but I prefer the complete ones that I only have to remember to take once several hours out from my calcium. Right now I'm taking ProCare Now vitamins but when I'm out I might try the BariatricPal multis they sell in the online store.

OMG I want to ask my surgeon to do the same thing for me. I hope I can. Thanks!

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My sister is a representative for the vitamin company Shaklee and that’s what I’m taking! I’m doing just fine with them. I invested in a nice pill organizer that organizes my vitamins by the time of day, so each Saturday I load up my pill organizer for the week. I super recommend that! So helpful!

Yeah I order a pill organizer online too to keep me in check.

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13 hours ago, april042019 said:

Can you take tablets instead of chewables?

I am now, I take the bariatric solo with iron it just has a nasty nauseating taste. Maybe one day there will be a gummy one out

On 3/23/2019 at 1:00 PM, april042019 said:

My surgery is April 4 andmy doctor told me to start taking my Vitamins last week. I was told to take Flinstones Multivitamins but I remember reading an article online saying they're actually not as good as other multivitamins. I dont know. I'm trying to salvage my hair and such. What were you told to take? For people who've already had the surgery, what helped you?

I take Centrum multi vitamins with Iron. Between Centrum and Calcium, I take them 5x throughout the day. I start with my Calcium when I wake up with my B12. Then every 3 hours I take my Vitamins, then Calcium, then Vitamins again then Calcium. It took awhile to get used to it. I think sometimes, I even overtake them because I forget whether I took them already or not, so I just take them again. ngek.

13 hours ago, med28thmed said:

I take Centrum Multi Vitamins with Iron. Between Centrum and Calcium, I take them 5x throughout the day. I start with my Calcium when I wake up with my B12. Then every 3 hours I take my Vitamins, then Calcium, then Vitamins again then Calcium. It took awhile to get used to it. I think sometimes, I even overtake them because I forget whether I took them already or not, so I just take them again. ngek.

I use the app Medisafe to remind me to take pills and keep track of when I take them. I would forget my Calcium sometimes if I didn't have it.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/developer/medisafe-inc/id573916949