becomingmandikaye

You don't have to use a bariatric specific vitamin. I use an Adult Multi-Vitamin from Puritan's Pride that are chewable and the taste is not horrible (strawberry/banana). The vitamin has everything required after bariatric surgery, but is just an Adult Multi. I just had blood work done and all my levels are fine.

You can't take iron and zinc together though, they work against each other. so a multivitamin with both isn't a good formula. zinc inhibits the absorption of iron. you have to take them at least 2 hours apart. I take my iron as a totally different supplement at the end of the day. Your doctor didn't give you a schedule to take your vitamins and explain why you can't take certain vitamins together? Like you can't take calcium with iron either.

My doctor's directions specifically told me to find a multi-vitamin that had certain levels of folic acid, iron, and zinc in it. And that I couldn't take iron and calcium together.