Do Gastric Sleeve patients have to take vitamins?

[flgirl23 5]

My doctor was saying I would only have to take a Vitamin B-12 spray so I was just curious if you have to take Vitamins the rest of your life like Gastric Bypass patients because I have seen different things on here.

[mweiss1998 79]

Yes, you have to take Vitamins, I assume forever.

[blackcatsandbaddecisions 844]

Yes, my MD has a Vitamin regimen that is for life. It’s nothing too onerous though, just a multi/d/b/calcium.

[BigSue 1,320]

Some sleeve patients are able to get enough nutrients from food and don't have to take supplements forever. You will have to get bloodwork done regularly to check for deficiencies.

[minimamaz00m 61]

At my bariatric surgeon's, they put everyone on Vitamins and tell them it's lifelong - with roux en y you definitely need to take them forever but sleeve it depends on how your labs come back.

[It's time. 145]

I'm a sleeve and was told to take sublingual B12, a multi vit, and 1200mg of calcium citrate + D3 daily for the rest of my life.