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Hey my lovelies!

Has/Does anyone use the vitamin patches?

My sleeve surgery date is Dec 9th and I was wondering if I should start off with the Vitamin Patches instead of pills or liquid.

If you have, what are your thoughts?
Which brand did you use and where did you get the best price?

Thanks

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I used PatchMD Multivitamin Patches for 3 weeks after surgery to avoid swallowing huge pills. I bought these patches from BariatricPal store.Then i tried chewables, their taste was horrible to me so i switched to ProCare bariatric Multivitamins with Iron (pills).

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Just so you know, some people have had really good luck with those, and others haven't. I never tried them because I'd probably be one of those whom they don't work for...

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Interesting! I truly want to start off right! My sis had the bypass 3 months ago and says she has some stuff I can start with. I was just cruising the Bariatric a product site and saw them

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Check this thread out ... I was considering Patches for the first month or so but this swayed my decision

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@CapyCapybara thank you!

@ividacovich I appreciate you sharing that!

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Vitamins make me very sick (always have this isn’t just post sleeve) when I was pregnant I’d get so sick on prenatal that my dr decided it was causing more harm than good. Post sleeve had similar issues then tried Tespo .. even worse. Started using the Patches and it was a total 180 difference. My Husband and I both use the Patch Aid patches now and Both of our blood work has been phenomenal. Our surgeon is on board and happy with our results.

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