How many vitamins do you take?

[Melanie28 22]

So I recently came across a topic about Vitamins and saw that some people are taking multiple ones. My doctor told me to take Bariatric fusion 4 times a day. Nothing about anything else. Is anyone else doing that? I want to make sure I'm doing this right.

Also- does anyone's stomach rumble after they eat? Mine sounds like a bear after I eat anything. Lots of gas maybe?

[AnA92212 577]

My surgeon has me taking a b-12, a multi-Vitamin. I also have to take an Iron supplement because my Iron has always been low (has nothing to do with the surgery). I also take a Calcium because I am a woman over the age of 35.

[agreen67 47]

I use the Celebrate chewable Vitamins and like them a lot. I take the following:

• Multi Complete & Iron+C at Breakfast
• Chewable Calcium at lunch
• Multi Complete & Biotin at dinner

My nutritionist has specific daily requirements for Vitamins. After exhaustive research, Celebrate was the better choice for me since I only have to take 4 chewables per day to reach my requirements. https://www.celebratevitamins.com/

[Bufflehead 6,358]

I take one high potency chewable daily. Earlier on I took two. I also take Vitamin D, B12 (2x/week), folic acid, and Iron, all of which I took before surgery.

[AnA92212 577]

I hated the Celebrate chewables. I was so glad I could stop them after the first month. Give me a pill to swallow any day. The quality and price are good though!

[maxcimax 220]

I take a multi Vitamin that I buy from The Vitamin Shop. It is a vitamin that is made for gastric surgeries. I also take a B-12 twice a week & chewable Calcium I get from Amazon. I'm almost 2 years post op and my doctor is happy with my blood tests.

[DaisyAmy 561]

I take 4 Bariatric Advantage Calcium chewy bites a day (2 and 2 at different times), 2 Celebrate Multivitamin soft chews, 2 Bariatric chewable Iron and Biotin (when I remember). I get B12 shots when I go in for follow ups every six weeks or so.

It's an all day process trying to get them all in and not let the calcium negate the Iron, etc.

[cindyw41 761]

I have a Centrum vitamint and Calcium chewable twice a day and B12 at night

[4MRB4PHOTO 3,900]

I take a Multivitamin, calcium/D & Iron supplements daily and a high potency B-complex (B12 + other B vitamins) supplement every other day.

[Kindle 8,667]

The Vitamin deficiencies most commonly seen in post gastrectomy patients are Iron, B12, Vitamin D, Calcium, folate and zinc. The problem is, these deficiencies can occur 5, 10 even 20 years down the line when people start slacking on taking their Vitamins and stop getting bloodwork done. In fact, studies show that 30-90% of patients will develop deficiencies.

Theoretically, VSG patients cannot absorb oral B12 anymore because we lack intrinsic factor which is produced in the portion of the stomach they removed. Therefore, we need to take it in sublingual or injectable form.

The "usual" supplementation includes a multi as well as Iron, D3, sublingual or injectable B12 and calcium. But more important is that we get bloodwork done every 6-12 months to monitor for any deficiencies and make adjustments. For example, my iron/ferritin levels came back high at my 6 month check so I discontinued my iron supplement. It has been in the normal level ever since. And so has everything else. I get bloodwork done every year, which includes a full Vitamin and mineral assay.