Vitamin questions....

[Nurse_Lenora 903]

So , I have my list of Vitamins I will be taking post op....Im not really hot on the idea of chewable vitamins. I am considering just doing regular pills and crushing them....anyone done this?

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

The only chewable a I take are my Calcium chews and my C. The rest are just regular pills (except my sublingual B-12 which you melt under your tongue). You may be able to swallow your pills and supplements right after surgery.

I would think crushing chewable a would be ok but then what would you do? Put them in Water? For me right after surgery it was harder for me to drink Water than to take pills.

But, everyone is different. Why not ask your medical team?

[jj7481 363]

Part of the reason I went with weight loss surgery was to get off of all the pills that was plaguing my day. I'll gladly take the trade off that this has brought me. Now, I chew 4 tablets (mine are orange flavored) and I'm done.

[Kindle 8,667]

I hated the chewables and switched to capsules as soon as I was OKd for them...about 1 month postop.

[ThinnerRivers 20]

I don't mind taking pills or chewable, I take 2 chewable Multivitamins, 2 omega-3 chewable vitamins and C pills. When pills are too big, I just cut them in half and it becomes easier.

Edited January 2, 2016 by ThinnerRivers

[catwoman7 11,164]

you're lucky - I take about 18 pills a day (will drop down to about 14 in a couple of days when I'm finally off ursodiol). I take as many sublinguals, chewables, and chewy ones as I can so it doesn't seem like I'm taking so many pills!

[Djmohr 6,965]

You really only need the chewable a for a short amount of time, until the swelling goes down.

I will say there were a few pills I had to take after surgery that I had to crush and use liquid to go down. It was awful! You are already struggling to swallow liquid of any kind and when it tastes like that, it simply caused me to gag.

I personally would use the chewables

[Nurse_Lenora 903]

Thanks all. I hate chewy Gummy things that get stuck in my teeth which is why i am considering crushing my meds. But.....after being on a liquid diet maybe I will welcome the chance to chew something even if it gets stuck in my teeth! hahahah