Does anyone know if you can get chewable vitamins down right after surgery or do you need to wait until the mushy stage or later? I'm debating buying liquid vitamins, but don't want them if I don't need them.

Thanks!

Stephanie

I started chewables right away. They dissolve into liquid

I used them immediately. Instead of chewing them, I sucked on them like a hard candy until they dissolved. I used Spectravite orange flavor chewables, I think they came from CVS (. . . or maybe Rite-Aid)They were actually pretty yummy too. I still use them but I chew them now.

I did use Gas-X strips which dissolve on the tounge. I would highly recommend picking up a pack of this for after surgery . . . especially the first couple of days. One box is all I have ever bought and I don't need them anymore but I really needed them over the first week.

While every surgeon & every person is different, my surgeon told me when I was released the day after surgery that PAIN PILLS & MULTIVITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS were the only "bits" to be taken by mouth.

I was banded 3/25/08 and the dietician had me start on the chewables before surgery and I went back to them immediately after. I found Centrum chewables (I am 63 and I even found the silver in chewable) for MVI, and for calcium citrate I use Twin Labs (calcium with magnesium and D) chewables that I found at a Healthy Options store here in Maryland. Bariatric Advantage has a web site and they sell all that and more in chewables and liquids.

Right after surgery I had to cut some medicines in half for a while, but not now. I was taking Omega 3's and the fish oil was a huge gelcap, so I found a liquid (mint flavored) at Healthy Options, and it actually gives me more Omega 3's in one tablespoon than I was getting from the gelcap, so I may keep using it. The chewables vary in price. Centrum is about $12 for 60. Calcium is pricey. Twin Labs is $17.99 for 60 and you take 4 a day. The liquid fish oil was about $13.

try flintstone chewables they work great i m 2 weeks post op

My Doctor put me on Bariatric Advantage Multi-Formula Chewable, right after surgery. I buy them from his office or online at bariatricchoice.com.