Is anyone having problems taking Vitamins???

I've never been a real pill taker. I've been able to take my B1's fine because theyre small, but for some reason I cant take these calcium citrate pills. I bought the smaller ones and stil cut those in half. Because I have to take 1200mg a day, that means I have to swallow 12 pieces. I cant get them down. I gag everytime I try.

Can anyone recommend anything that will help me??:confused2:

JDUB0414 I bought some liquid calcium at the health food store since they are usually so large and I didn't want to have to cut them into halves. The liquid I got is orange flavored and also contains vitamin D and magnesium which the lady in the store recommended. Makes it much easier to get down...Kathy

I take Emergen-C Bone Health, which is powder that dissolves into a berry-flavored drink. Yum. But if you need 1200 mg per day, you'll have to do something else. Taking 5 packets a day would get rather expensive!

What about Viactiv chews? You'd only need 2-3 chews per day, and they are yummy.

I got some chewable Calcium Citrate with Vit D from Bariatric Advantage and they taste pretty good.

My doctor has me on Calcium Carbonate for the first month which is Tums.

I was told to take multi vitamins with minerals. Flintstones vitamis. That is really something. I am still on all my other medications too for Diabetes, High blood pressure, and insulin hopefully I will be off of the very soon.

I've benn crushing them in my pill crusher so I've been able to get all my vitamins in so far.

Probably after my first adjustment I will have to crush them.

Is anyone having problems taking Vitamins???

I've never been a real pill taker. I've been able to take my B1's fine because theyre small, but for some reason I cant take these calcium citrate pills. I bought the smaller ones and stil cut those in half. Because I have to take 1200mg a day, that means I have to swallow 12 pieces. I cant get them down. I gag everytime I try.

Can anyone recommend anything that will help me??:confused2:

Hi there! I take 2 chewable vitamins (they're Kroger generic brand) & for calcium I take 3 Viactiv chocolate chews. I let them sit on the top of my mouth and melt since they're chewy. They're 500 mg of calcium and also contain vitamins d & k.

Edited April 25, 200818 yr by MeltobeFabulous

jdu, I am taking calcium citrate with magnseium & Vitamin D chewables by KAL which I got from a health store. They are each 500mg so I guess 1 1/2 would give you the mg you need. They are mixed fruit flavor so they aren't that bad.

I also have some Centrum chewable Multivitamins. I don't particularly care for those but they are tolerable. Those are orange flavored. I got those from Walgreens.

Hope this helps!

I do a Sublingual Super B Complex, two children's chewables (the ones with iron), a viactiv for calcium and D....and a shot of vitamin E oil.....

I found some chewable multi vitamins online which are specifically made for "bandsters". They are called BUILDING BLOCKS, I'm not sure of the website but you can Google it. They were the most inexpensive (less than $20 a month) and they have the most amount of units in them than all the other ones I compared them with.

Good Luck!:w00t:

Tums are recommended by my doc as a good source of calcium. NatureMade also makes chewable calcium. Look at your pharmacy. There are lots of good sources for chewable calcium and many other vitamins/minerals.

My dr. specifically said to only take calcium citrate. I looked at calcium carbonate vitamins, like the viactiv but I was told not to take them. The only ones I've found is Caltrate. I have to take six small ones a day. It's a pain.

I do a sublingual Super B Complex, two children's chewables (the ones with iron), a viactiv for calcium and D....and a shot of Vitamin E oil.....

WOW! impressive list of Vitamins -- do you have super powers once you down all those! Just kidding. Have a great day.

WOW! impressive list of Vitamins -- do you have super powers once you down all those! Just kidding. Have a great day.

No super powers that I have discovered yet :biggrin2:....but I do think the B complex helps with energy....I've always taken Vit E and I think it helps my skin......