I had my LapBand done in October 2007. I have been taking the Centrum Adult Chewable vitamin since then but bought the Bariatric Advantage VitaBand vitamins (lemon cream flavor) last month. They taste hideous ! I can hardly get them down. I'll go back to the Centrum chewables but feel like I've wasted my money on the expensive, supposedly-better-for-you vitamins. Would anyone else share their good/bad experiences with chewable vitamins?

Is it wrong that I am not taking a chewable vitamin but swallowing a daily multi-vitamin in pill form?? I was taking chewable vitamins (Centrum) after surgery for a few months, but then I switched to the pill form. My doc didn't seem to think it was a problem. Should I not be able to swallow a pill? It's not a small pill either.. I'm thinking it's time for a fill!:smile2:

I like WalMart's brand (Equate) Childrens Chewable Vitimans. They are inexpensive and not too big, so the taste is not bad at all.

Another vote for Flinstones chewable vitamins. I take two everyday.

I am taking Flintstones now, they have a new Improved Taste one that just came out, Purple is my favorite so far. I have take Centrum Orange and they are too grose! M Doc said to take the Flintstones and that alot of her patients take the Cosco brand called Kirklands and they they are small enough to swallow but I have not seen any that I thought would be small enough. I only take 1 Flintstone because the bottle says one for adults. They have a big bottle at Cosco of the Flitstones that is a good deal.

Centrum Silver. Regular Centrum is too orange-y. :rolleyes2:

I take Centrum Silver Chewables Citrus Berry Flavored for adults 50+. They're not bad tasting at all.

Well, I was doing Flinstones, but the aftertaste was killing me!! So, I bought the centrum orange ones... they taste nasty (just like the flinstones, LOL) but at least they don't seem to have that aftertaste... I feel like I have vitamin in my teeth for hours with the flinstones... blech!

I saw that the Bariatric Advantage folks have sampler packs for about $6 specifically for weight loss surgery patients. That might be worth checking into.

Arent the flintstones ones for kids??

Children under 4 are recommended to take 1/2 a day and adults take a whole one :thumbup: I also take the Flinstone ones, but it's hard to fight them away from my hubby...lol

I was eating the centrum chewables in addition to a chewable vit C and chewable calcium. I was choking them down and then I noticed (maybe pretended not to) that I had stopped taking them for almost 2 months.:laugh:

I now take the adult gummy vitamins (also purchased from target) and alternate them with the viactiv multivitamin chews, I also take a viactiv calcium chew.

I'm with little froggy - I know I take in more sugar than I should but I have gone 3 weeks and maybe only missed 1 day a week. They actually taste really good and I pack a little container with them every day and wait to take them until that first time I start to feel hungry and make sure I chew them well - haven't had a problem yet.

I forgot one thing - wish I could find an alternate way to get echinaccea (I swear by it during cold season - I'll take it 3 x day if I'm sick or around people who are sick and I rarely get sick or if I do it's short term)

Anybody heard of a chewable or other high dose form of echinaccea?

I was using the Flintstones chewables but now changed to Bariactric Fusion. Viatamins, calcium and B12 all in one pill. Your choice of orange or berry

I forgot one thing - wish I could find an alternate way to get echinaccea (I swear by it during cold season - I'll take it 3 x day if I'm sick or around people who are sick and I rarely get sick or if I do it's short term)

Anybody heard of a chewable or other high dose form of echinaccea?

Check this place out they have a few there: Chewable Echinacea King Raspberry

or just go to google and type in chewable echinacea... :laugh: I hope that helps :thumbup:

Centrum Chewable orange flavor are the best!!!! My doc said I could also do Flintstones if I liked them just had to take more for my height and weight

I'm having a purple Wilma with my lunch. :laugh: