Vitamins

[SleeveToBypass2023 1,844]

19 minutes ago, ShoppGirl said:

Yea I don’t have any issues with constipation or anything else you mentioned. I’m pretty sure 45mg is where my clinic starts most people though. It’s in a book that they gave me in the very beginning that unless told otherwise we needed 45mg.

Just goes to show you how everyone is different lol I do well on 18mg normally and only needed the boost the first month after surgery. If I were to do 45mg now, I would have horrible Constipation and nausea.

[RickM 1,747]

On 7/11/2022 at 7:06 AM, ShoppGirl said:

Hummmm. This sorta makes you wonder why they recommend 45mg for someone with no issues with Iron to begin with. I bet the excess is like so many Vitamins that we just pee it away. That would make it easier for them to just go with the higher dose for everyone.

Many programs lump everyone together with a one size fits all supplement regimen, irrespective what procedure they had, and then sort it out later with post op labs. That's why some, like the OP has a fairly scant regimen (which fits the VSG fairly well) while others with the VSG are put on an RNY regimen that is overkill for them. It's mostly a convenience for the practice that everyone be told the same thing pre-op, and maybe they don't have to do as much pre-op screening to see what each individual needs.

[Bettyboop56 33]

Bariatric Adv EA Advanced Multi Vitamins and calcium chews carmel.

[PsychoMantis 9]

I use Bariatric Fusion because it’s only $27 a month at my doctors office, has everything I need, and I don’t have to try to find something different at Walmart since they only sell gummies and I can’t have gummies. As soon as I am able I’m switching to a pill form, not sure why I couldn’t take a pill now, I can swallow one fine as long as it’s one at a time. Only bad thing is that it’s 4x daily, so I have an alarm set in Baritastic.

Edited January 6, 2023 by PsychoMantis