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I have been taking an Iron supplement daily, and not realizing my Bariatric Vit also had iron in it, as well as putting Kale in my Protein smoothies for my eyes....I had labs done last Monday and all was good except my iron level was high, which can be fatal......Be sure to monitor yours. I did not even know there was a possibility

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That is scary. With any supplement, always have to know what is too much.

I'm wondering do I actually need to take the Iron supplement. I'm post-menopause and I believe they said for menstruating women to take?

I have to ask this at my next visit I guess.

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That is scary. With any supplement, always have to know what is too much.

I'm wondering do I actually need to take the Iron supplement. I'm post-menopause and I believe they said for menstruating women to take?

I have to ask this at my next visit I guess.

I attended support group at my surgeon's office last night and we discussed Vitamins. They only recommend Iron if menstruating or labs indicate it's low. Hopefully I won't need it...it constipates me!

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I have been taking an Iron supplement daily, and not realizing my Bariatric Vit also had Iron in it, as well as putting Kale in my Protein smoothies for my eyes....I had labs done last Monday and all was good except my iron level was high, which can be fatal......Be sure to monitor yours. I did not even know there was a possibility

Thanks for the heads up!:)

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I don't have a problem with the Iron constipating me, but I was taking it in the morning with my multi-Vitamin, B12 sublingual, bp med, and probiotic. I had to wait to take my Calcium pills at that point because the Iron can interfer with absorption. So you are supposed to take them at least 2 hours apart. Problem is I would take my Calcium pills with me, and then forget to take them! So, since I don't menstruate anymore, do I need the iron more or the calcium. I'm thinking the calcium.

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Because of the spacing of my Calcium, I never get them in and yet my calcium levels were good..whew!!

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