Vitamins?

[Michellefaina 45]

My Multivitamins make me sick to my stomach. I need to eat something when I take them or I feel sick. How does this work if I am not able to eat and drink? Any suggestions?

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

do you take the bariatric chewable Vitamins. they are kindof big and "chunky". I just started to use a pill cutter to cut them in half. its a lot easier that way.

I take 1/2 then the other 1/2 in a few minutes so it doesn't taste so bad. Otherwise maybe take part with Breakfast, and the rest after Breakfast i hope this helped a little

good luck

kathy

[CaliKat 153]

I use the chewable multi-vitamins from Target.... 4/day. No irritated stomach.

[Dooter 1,457]

My multivitamins make me sick to my stomach. I need to eat something when I take them or I feel sick. How does this work if I am not able to eat and drink? Any suggestions?

Oh barf!! I have the Bariatric Advantage chewables, and I just absolutely cannot take those things. I finally went and got some pre natal gummies, just so I'd have something to suffice for now. I'm sure I'll have to find a more 'quality' Vitamin in the future, but I refuse to use the rest of those BA Vitamins. They'd make me sick for an hour. BLECH. I'm not usually such a baby about stuff either!

[diochick 40]

I use the B.A. Vitamins as well, and just the thought of putting one in my mouth turns my stomach. I'm searching for something much better as well.

[Lissa 2,631]

I took Centrum complete chewable version until a couple of weeks ago. At about 6.5 months out, I switched to Centrum Complete non-chewable and I don't seem to be having any problems with them. I normally eat a mini babybel right before I take my morning meds because the Iron doesn't sit well on my tummy if there's no food in there.

[fluffylibra30 323]

I got samples of the BA chewies and they hurt my tummy. i had that im going to barf feeling for about 1/2 an hour, i have the Centrum chewies as well and im going to stay on them forever, just eat more when i get further along i guess, cause Vitamins are so huge and they hurt trying to get them down.

[gettinthinner 4]

Interesting to see that so many of us feel the same way about the Bariatric chewable vitamins. They don't make me sick but I feel I am being tortured when i try to chew them. There must be a better solution. I am wondering at what stage we are allowed to just take a normal. Multivitamin and swallow it whole? I would much prefer that and find I don't like dissolving or chewing any form of medication. Yuck.

[adrimc26 7]

Has anyone tried the Celebrate ones, they're kinda expensive but I don't wanna feel sick if I don't like them

[fluffylibra30 323]

my doc told me to stay on the chewies for the first 2 months then go to regular if you are able to swallow. The problem is multi's are so HUGE, i have never seen one that was say the size of a tylenol. Guess they have to pack so much stuff in one pill, i started on Centrum complete at 2 months, but i just had that "stuck" feeling, like it wouldnt go down. so ill eat 8 chewies a day if i have to to get my Vitamins in. And the gummies for get them for me anyway, i chewed chewed chewed and it just didnt want to go down.

[Indymom 132]

I take a softgel multi - it's pretty big, but I haven't had any issues with them from day one. They are made by Nature Made.

When I was early out post-op, I would drink my Protein coffee and then take my morning pills - I couldn't take them on an empty stomach.

[deltadawn817 106]

Celebrate ones are awsome. I love them they can be big the buy the cacium chews and not the chewable viatmins beaucse the does it 4 of them. That is a lot of chewing th multi is 2 tabs. They also have the BEST tasting chewable Iron. YUMMY.

[SusieQs 4]

Best Vitamins I have EVER had - pre or post op? Nutrametrix!!!!! I swear by them. It is a powder you mix with Water. After the mixture stops fizzing, you sip it till it's gone. AND - its isotonic, only other thing that is isotonic is an IV. It doesn't go through the digestive process. I used to ALWAYS have to eat with a multivitamin or else I threw up. Never once have I had to eat with nutrametrix. Because it is isotonic you only have to wait 10-30 min. Before you can eat. No, I don't sell Nutrametrix, lol. My endocrinologist put me this years ago. I loved how good it made me feel also. They are more expensive than some, but comparable to Bariatric Advantage costs, I think. I will take Nutrametrix multivitamin and Calcium at whatever the cost to me - it's been THAT worth it.

[Liberated Sleeve 148]

I use the Bariatric Fusion chewable ones and they don't make me sick.

[Disneytikifan 21]

Nutritionist said it was ok to take 2 children's chewable. She also gave me a 2 page list of Vitamins with comments about taste. I plan on flintstones chewable 2 a day.