Vitamin patches vs. Pills

[LynnM371 0]

Does anyone feel like the vitamin patches are not as potent as the pills? I had read that the trim pills helped curb your appetite but I wanted the ease of the Patches but I honestly feel nothing from them.

Edited April 16 by LynnM371

[FifiLux 114]

Do you mean for pre or post op?

Post op I think, and your medical team can confirm with you, that you need the pills as they absorb better and are more potent into the system when it is needed most.

[Italiano26 26]

I use the patches! My 6 month check up is coming up in May so I will be having all of my levels checked! I will keep all of you posted

[catwoman7 10,922]

there was a lot of conversation on here about those when they first came out a few years ago. It seems they work for some people, but not for others. I never tried them because I figured I'd be one of the people they wouldn't work for. I've considered getting them for traveling, though, so I don't have to lug a bunch of bottles around. Even if they didn't really work for me, four or five days or even a week without getting adequate Vitamins probably wouldn't really matter - esp since I'm only away from home that long maybe once or twice a year.

[FifiLux 114]

4 hours ago, catwoman7 said:

there was a lot of conversation on here about those when they first came out a few years ago. It seems they work for some people, but not for others. I never tried them because I figured I'd be one of the people they wouldn't work for. I've considered getting them for traveling, though, so I don't have to lug a bunch of bottles around. Even if they didn't really work for me, four or five days or even a week without getting adequate Vitamins probably wouldn't really matter - esp since I'm only away from home that long maybe once or twice a year.

I thought the same and my doctor told me that for the first few months he would be happier for me to take the pills to be sure until I was through the food phases etc. that I was getting enough Vitamins.

At times he sounds like a sales rep for the bariatric branded vitamins, which I don't get through him so makes no difference to him, but of course they are about three times the price here of non-bariatric ones.

My blood tests so far have all show high Vitamin levels (other than K) so now I am just down to one multi vit a day plus Calcium & D2, then I add in a cod liver one as I can't eat fish. It's exhausting remembering to take them all on top of a daily reflux pill plus HRT!