I have the Patchaid Multivitamin Patch and a couple others. I was wondering if anyone has used these and only these *(no pills) and have had normal bloodwork. I want to know if they are effective enough. I hate my chewable vitamin.

I've heard mixed reviews about vitamin patches - they seem to work for some people, but not for others. I never tried them because I figured I'd be one of the latter. I HAVE thought about getting some to take on trips, though, since they'd be a lot more convenient - and if they ended up not working for me, a few days without vitamins wouldn't be the end of the world.

My team is against them. I don't have personal experience as they tell us not to use them.

They say that they only have about a 20% success rate for proper absorption and people end up deficient.

I would talk to your team and follow their guidance. Maybe they will allow you to try them but check your vitamin levels sooner or more regularly than their normal spacing.

my doctor and Nutritionist said not to use them. I also hate the chewables, so I use the ProCare Health 1 a day pill with Iron

What about multi vitamin gummies? Could those work?

My team said to stay away from the gummies and patches. The patches were discouraged due to malabsorption and the gummies too, and they had extra sugar. I suggest you check with your team. My dietitian suggested Centrum with iron or prenatal vitamins. The nurse pointed out that Flintstones with iron have the same vitamins at less cost. I put the Flintstones under my tongue and don’t even taste them. Same thing for the B vitamins

Been using patches for many years. I switched from PatchMD to Patchaid a few years ago after PatchMD changed they formulation (nerfed the calcium content). Luckily patches work very well for me (verified by yearly blood tests).

4 hours ago, Tomo said:

Been using Patches for many years. I switched from PatchMD to PatchAid a few years ago after PatchMD changed they formulation (nerfed the Calcium content). Luckily patches work very well for me (verified by yearly blood tests).

Thank you, at least you've had success. I will use them and check my blood work in a couple months. Thanks!

On 1/27/2023 at 11:03 PM, shexmoves said:

Thank you, at least you've had success. I will use them and check my blood work in a couple months. Thanks!

I've been using them for 3 years now and have had no issues my blood work has been great since been using them. Where the regular bariatric vitamins weren't working at all even taking extras I was always lacking against my teams advice I started using the Gastric Bypass package vitamin patches

And even my team was surprised at how high my numbers were