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Hi everyone! I am currently 4 weeks post op and was told to start my Vitamins this week. I have the Bariatric Advantage Multivitamin chewable and the Calcium chewables....to put it bluntly, I hate them. I cant even smell them without gagging. Not to mention the calcium is so spicy on my tongue for some reason. Did anyone else have this issue?? Also, does anyone just take ones that you can swallow? I swallow pills just fine and if that's an option, I would sooo prefer it! Let me know!

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I agree. I started then today as well and they're awful! But, I don't think a chewable with Iron would be good in any brand. I have Bariatric Fusion in orange cream. Yuck!

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I forgot to say, I bought a bottle of capsules Vitamins that i can take post-op 1 month. Maybe check it out.

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In Aus we get to take BN chewables for the first month and they are gross. I even tried to crush or dissolve them so I could disguise them and it didn’t work. They are like industrial strength horse tablets

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I agree. I see my surgeon 4/2 for my 3-month post-op visit and am going to ask at what point I can switch to pills instead of chewables

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I loved the chewables but they are pricey. I switched to capsules this time.

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I've never taken the chewables, only the ones that are swallowed. I'm glad too, because I don't think I'd like the chewables, and I've had no problems swallowing the pills. I think the one I take is the Bariatric Advantage Multivitamin. It used to be a once a day pill; now, it's three a day. I don't love that, but at least I can take them all at the same time. I've just got to make sure I take it around 30-45 minutes after eating.

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11 hours ago, Tejee said:

Hi everyone! I am currently 4 weeks post op and was told to start my Vitamins this week. I have the Bariatric Advantage Multivitamin chewable and the Calcium chewables....to put it bluntly, I hate them. I cant even smell them without gagging. Not to mention the Calcium is so spicy on my tongue for some reason. Did anyone else have this issue?? Also, does anyone just take ones that you can swallow? I swallow pills just fine and if that's an option, I would sooo prefer it! Let me know!

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Ask your team for alternative recommendations!

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I love BariMelts. They all taste pretty good.

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I was told to start Vitamins right away. I was doing liquid multivitamin and Calcium and dissolvable Vitamin D and B-12. I'm not having problems swallowing pills though so once I was done with the liquids I went back to swallow pills for the multivitamin and calcium.

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On 3/4/2019 at 11:32 PM, Tejee said:

Hi everyone! I am currently 4 weeks post op and was told to start my Vitamins this week. I have the Bariatric Advantage Multivitamin chewable and the Calcium chewables....to put it bluntly, I hate them. I cant even smell them without gagging. Not to mention the Calcium is so spicy on my tongue for some reason. Did anyone else have this issue?? Also, does anyone just take ones that you can swallow? I swallow pills just fine and if that's an option, I would sooo prefer it! Let me know!

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The multi chew is so gross! They made me throw up from the amount of gagging it took just to get them down. I switched to a swallowable one but they make me nauseous for a good hour afterwords.. Waiting for my powdered Vitamin to come in so I can try that.

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