Hey guys! I was wondering if anyone can help me out. I am 11 days post vsg. I need to start taking my multivitamin ASAP but its a capsule. Opening the capsule and taking it with clear liquids was a fail. Does anyone take their multivitamin capsule as is?

Bariatric chewable vitamins might be easier for you this early post op.

I have some small capsules I take ok as is (my vitamin D) … and smaller pills that go down ok.

Most of my supplements and vitamins are chewable though. They were easier for me

I did chewable ones early out and then switched to capsules. That being said, I was taking small pills without issue the day after surgery in the hospital. I’m not sure if I could have swallowed a capsule. I would run it by my team. How long until you can have yogurt or apple sauce? It may be a lot easier to get it down that way

Edited August 28, 20223 yr by ShoppGirl

I took chewables for about a month. Now, I think I’ll stick to the capsules, because the chewables tend to be on the expensive side.

I started with chewables as well.

My providers insist on chewable vitamins at first (for how long, I can't recall). I have several Rx that are capsules, so I'm not sure why, but I trust them and do what they say. My forms:

multi - chewable tablet

calcium citrate - soft chew

B12 - sublingual tablet

My multis (Bariatric Fusion cherry) taste nasty... I will switch to a 1-a-day capsule as soon as my doctors give the OK.

I took capsules without a problem. They had me taking tablets in hospital even though I had a lot of swelling for the first couple of days. I had to take 2 multi vitamins, a vitamin D, a PPI & my HRT so I spread out when I took them - morning & night - so I wasn’t having to swallow one or two at a time.

I would stick to Capsules, I am going to switch over to them. The chewable are so gross, I throw up every morning from them.

I'm six weeks post op tomorrow and I switched to capsules about ten days ago and have had no issues. The chewables are gross and overpriced. I just couldn't bring myself to order another bottle of chewables for $30. I can get a three month supply of capsules for less than the cost of one month of chewables. I was supposed to remain on chewables for three months, but oh well, lol.

Thanks guys!