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I was taking the Flinstones chewables. I had my first postop visit with my doctor yesterday, and told her how much I hated them. I also questioned why i needed a chewable...when I'm able to take other pills. She finally relented and I can now take one a day. Thank God no more chewables. I also take a tums before every meal.

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i Too Take A Flintstones W/iron chewable. I Also Take Caltrate 600 W/vitamin D Chewable Twice A Day. Funny, I Couldn't Stand To Chew The Flintstones Before Being Banded, But Now I Don't Have A Problem. Maybe Its Cause I Am Willing To Put Anything In My Mouth During This liquid Stage.............lol

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I take upcal with Vitamin D in powder form twice a day. I get it from the hospital and the cost is about the same as Oscal. What is nice is that I can mix it in anything. There is no taste to it. My multi Vitamin is now Barriatric Essentials that I ordered from Nashua Nutrition. It's a good vitamin in gel pill form. The delivery time is about 4 days and my doctor said it was a good vitamin to take

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I take two gummi bear type from children's section. I think I will buy what teachlady uses next .

Who doesn't like chocolate cherry flavor anything?

edie

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GNC has a pretty good tasting chewable Vitamin. Easy to chew- just an fyi- don't try their liquid vitamin- the smell is enough to gag you and the taste is worse!

oh, i agree. i thought that a flintstone vitamin would not be enough for me and got the liquid GNC. after day three just the thought of taking it made me want to throw up. that was a wasted 25 dollars!!!

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Are we allowed to take a chewable Vitamin right after surgery? I got a bottle of Natures Plus adults chewable. Tastes like pineapple!!

Or do we wait until a different stage?

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I take GNC chewable Solotron. It is an adult chewable. They also have a chewable Calcium. Of course I am so dang horrible at remembering them.

I was horrible about remembering too, until I finally realized I had to take them AT WORK. The bottle of Vitamins is sitting on my desk (I am taking a regular Multivitamin now) and this means I will take it at least five days out of seven. My routine at home is so unpredictable I was never taking my vitamins!

Are we allowed to take a chewable Vitamin right after surgery? I got a bottle of Natures Plus adults chewable. Tastes like pineapple!!

Or do we wait until a different stage?

You can take chewables any time you want. It's just personal as to whether you feel you need them vs. regular pills.

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