Vitamin confusion....

[bsclp118 8]

I'm 3 week out and so far I've been using specialist Bariatric Vitamins that I'd bought prior to surgery. However, my surgeon suggested there was no need to have these and he recommended some for me. The Iron he recommends is 200mg ferrous sulphate, and the Calcium is the AdCal-D3, which is calcium carbonate.

Doing my own research I've read that calcium citrate is much better absorbed and there are more gentler iron supplements I could be taking that are also better absorbed. I just wondered what people's views were on this?

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[Em_JW 36]

My nut has me taking Flinstones complete chewable Vitamins 2x per day and Citrical+vitaminD (2 pills twice per day). The Calcium in citrical is calcium citrate.

Hope this helps :-)

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[erp 2,016]

I'm 3 week out and so far I've been using specialist Bariatric Vitamins that I'd bought prior to surgery. However, my surgeon suggested there was no need to have these and he recommended some for me. The Iron he recommends is 200mg ferrous sulphate, and the Calcium is the AdCal-D3, which is calcium carbonate.

Doing my own research I've read that calcium citrate is much better absorbed and there are more gentler Iron supplements I could be taking that are also better absorbed. I just wondered what people's views were on this?

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I agree with you as surgeons are not dietitians and giving nutritional counseling is out of their scope of practice. Calcium carbonate is not well absorbed regardless of if you have had surgery or not so I think you are on the right track in learning for yourself on this one. My NUT recommended Flintstones complete (purple bottle, chewable not gummies) and I still take them almost 4 years later. I also take calcium citrate and extra Vitamin D (was Vit D deficient well before surgery). My NUT now recommends a line of bariatric Vitamins but that's profit motivated, my surgeon's office sells them.