Iron supplement

[michellew1 72]

Wednesday was my last visit out of 6, to the nutritionist before submitting to insurance. The last consult went great and I had a lot of my questions answered. Now I am just waiting for insurance. I hope they tell me something soon. Before I left, my nutritionist gave me a bag of goodies with coupons, the calorie king mini book and lots and lots of samples of the Vitamins that I will be taking. They were lots of different flavors. I took the Iron pill and about 30 minutes later, I felt my stomach getting sour and have this nasty taste in my mouth. I wasn't sure if it was that or not so I took another one the next night and sure enough, my stomach got sour again. I read up on iron pills and it said that it can cause diarrhea, and an upset stomach. Did anyone else have this problem? If so what can I do to relieve this nasty taste when i take it? Thanks

[Lorraine Stanhope 23]

I also have problems taking those many Vitamins and minerals plus the Iron. Found that the Calcium is nasty for my stomach.

The doctor said to take a few of them after eating food. Nothing works.

When I don't take them I feel wonderful.

What's a person to do?

I'm glad you presented this problem as maybe someone can help us both.

[Beckyyb93 225]

I personally use Celebrate grape Iron and it doesn't give me any problems at all. It's chewable and the strong grape flavor really hides the Iron taste for me. Celebrate does samples for $3 and they will send you samples of most everything they have plus a $3 off coupon if you decide to order with them. So, basically the samples are free. I don't know if I'm the anomaly but I have used Celebrate's iron for two years and have never had any trouble with it at all.

Iron is really important..good luck!

[Kathy812 794]

My nutritionist gave me a sample of Iron pills to try as well,(ferretts iron supplement.) I take them at night before going to bed and I have no side effects. I read on another thread where someone was complaining about the same thing. A few members recommended Garden of life iron pill. I've never tried it but just passing along the information.

Good luck.