My nutritionist said I may need chewable Vitamins. I found chewable adult vitamins at Target. I bought the Omega 3, muti, C, and Calcium. They all taste good and only the multi is very chewy like a gummy bear, the rest are more mushy.

Does anyone else use these? I want to see if I will still be able to use them once I am banded (late August date.)

Thanks!! :biggrin2:

I wouldn't try it- it may get stuck??? It's not really "chewable" enough so you can break it down with your teeth, or is it???

Hmmmm

It's like a soft gummy candy - a little marshmallowy. Not sticky though... I wonder if I shouldn't have bought them?

I have a hard time iwth chewable vitamins, and my DR actually told me about the gummy vitamins. She told me to take 2 children's gummy vitamins. I haven't gotten them yet, but plan to.

I just bought some Centrum chewable vitamins and they chew to a powder very easily. They taste pretty chalky though, not a strong flavor, just that kind of gaggy texture and I notice I taste them for quite a while after I take them. I'm hoping to get used to them before my band, but I might have to try the gummies.

IF you like em, I have a whole bottle. They made me gag sooo bad. When I was a little girl my sister and i ate a bottle of Flinstone vitamins. We had to have our stomachs pumped. I have not been able to tolerate chewable vitamins ever since..:crying:

totally off topic....but I had to laugh at your comment renewedhope...I also got my hands on bottle of flinstone vitamins and ate the whole thing. I never had my stomach pumped though. Just an ars chew'n from me mudda:incazzato:

my mom took us to the hospital and the er dr pumped our stomachs to "teach us an lesson" I guess it worked.

I use gummy vitamins, Just chew well and I usually have them with my 1 cup of coffe in the mornig. I'm sure that helps melt them.

I use the gummies too, I now have to switch as they are now getting stuck, I don't like regular chewables as I can't stand the taste, they tend to gag me. So the doctor told me to get regular ones and cut them up, into halves or thirds.

I use the gummies from Target and have no problems whatsoever. And I have very good restriction too (6.5cc in a 10cc band). They're easy to chew up and they melt as you chew them too.

I can't stand any of the chewables I've tried. The Viactiv were ok but had a bit of a chalky aftertaste that I didn't care for. The gummies taste like candy.

I have 8.?? in a 10cc band and I just started using gummy vitamins. I LOVE them. I have never been able to make myself take vitamins, but these are good. I just got a small bottle at our local grocery store, but I will be getting a big bottle. They ROCK!!

Littlefroggy, what kind of chewable calcium did you get? I had a bad reaction to the Viactive and am looking for one to replace it. I also use the chewable Centrum orange flavored and they remind me of baby aspirin. Not bad.

guys:

SUCK THEM!!

they dissolve!!!

love them too!!

Jen xx

I use the Flintstone Gummies. I love them and never had a problem with them getting stuck. I just bought my son some gummy vitamins by Sundown Kids (?). They are super hero vitamins and I tried them and I like them too. They are much softer than the Flintstones, almost like a gumdrop.

Target makes a chewable (hard, not gummy) that is comparable to Centrum. I used to take that before the band. Now I take the chewable vitamins, chewable iron, and dissolving calcium from Bariatriceating.com. They make them specifically to meet the needs of both banders and gastric bypass patients. The flavors for the bypass patients were better than the banders, so I got those. My husband takes the calcium because I got cinammon and it reminds him of altoids!