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I know prior to surgery and following surgery you have to take Iron & B12 but does anyone have an idea of how much?

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I'm new to this too and I'm so glad you asked this question...I bought a Multi-Vitamin made by opurity that's labeled bypass and sleeve optimized Multivitamin, I wonder if I'm gonna need other supplements too. Susan

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Your NUT will guide you!

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I'm new to this too and I'm so glad you asked this question...I bought a multi-Vitamin made by opurity that's labeled bypass and sleeve optimized multivitamin' date=' I wonder if I'm gonna need other supplements too. Susan[/quote']

How do you like it? I was looking at that supplement this morning. My surgeon gave me a suggested list of a multivitamin, Iron, B12, and Calcium citrate.

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My surgeon and NUT reccomend more than just the multivitamin. If it is a standard multivitamin, take two each day, but the barbaric ones just one a day. Then an additional 1500mg Calcium carbonate and 500mg B12 each day.

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How do you like it? I was looking at that supplement this morning. My surgeon gave me a suggested list of a multivitamin, Iron, B12, and calcium citrate.< /p>

It's not bad...mine told me I might need b12, Calcium citrate, and d.

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As I did the budget Mexican surgery thing (out-of-pocket limitations) I actually don't have a NUT. So thanks for asking the question here. I'm trying to do my own thing with the best information I have on hand. :-)

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I know prior to surgery and following surgery you have to take Iron & B12 but does anyone have an idea of how much?

Everyone's dosage might be different but I was told to take the maximum dose of over the counter Iron that my drug store carried...which was 65 grams of iron. As far as the B-12, I have to take the sublingual kind...one droplet full per day. Consult your doctor first...but I hope this helps!!

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Are all bariatric Vitamins chewable? I just don't like the taste, and was hoping that later on I would be able to take one that wasn't chewable or Gummy. If so, I'd love a recommendation.

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It depends on your dr... Everyone says that... Mine says I can start swallowing whole pills after a month so I am going to suck it up for a month and switch to a regular Multi-Vitamin. My dr's requirements are a multivitamin with 400 mcg of folic acid, thiamin, selenium and zinc (take 2 a day) and then in addition to the multivitamin take 36 mg of Iron, 1500 mg of calcium citrate taken as 3 doses of 500 mg (take at separate time from the iron as that causes issues), a Vitamin B complex with B-50 dosage and Vitamin B-12 sublingual at least 500mcg a day...

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