AAAH! Are all these vitamins necessary?

[pinkdots410 1]

I am starting to feel like a walking medicine cabinet! :thumbup:

In addition to my high blood pressure medicine once a day and Centrum chewable vitamins twice a day, I will need to start taking:

B12 1000mcg - once daily

THEN - in 2 weeks, start B1 100 mg once daily

THEN - in 3 weeks, start Ca citrate / Vitamin D 600mg once daily - 2 hours apart from other vitamins

THEN - in 4 weeks, start URSO Foret 500 mg once daily (this - she gave me a prescription for and it is OPTIONAL)

What are you guys taking?

[Sarah.R 2]

Lol I know what you mean at the moment I'm on Vitamin d and caltrate because I'm on steroids and then I take Vitamin B1 because mosquitos bite me constantly and then theres these other ones for "stuff" lol. All up I take 15 a day that works out to 105 a week 420 a month and 5040 a year lol and that doesnt include if I get sick and need to take antibiotics or I have a headache and need aspirin - I'm actually suprised I dont jingle at the end of the day

Edit * Also that reminds me I haven't even taken my tablets tonight so thanks for reminding me - I would of been screwed if I hadn't lol

[libra 13]

Wow, I haven't taken any more than a Multi-Vitamin and Calcium since being banded. Actually, that's what I took before banding too. I take the Viactive soft chews, they're pretty yummy. They have flavors like caramel and chocolate mint.

[kdlee 0]

After surgery, I'll be taking 1 chewable Multivitamin a day, Tums for Calcium, Metamucil and Pepcid. That's all I was told to take. I wonder what the purpose of 2 Multivitamins is? Your body can only absorb so much and the rest is just excreted.

[mom22 0]

Hi - saw your post today and saw that you lost 123 pounds so far!!! WOW- I'm very excited to hear about your experience and your opinion on how the lapband helped you to achieve this great loss. I'm still deciding on lapband vs bypass - leaning toward lapband, but alot I've read on this site is on how hard it's been. While I know it's a "tool", I really need alot of help! Good luck reaching your goal weight - you're almost there!!!

mom22

[YoungNy 1]

I take one tablespoon of Centrum liquid everyday, that's it.

[canadagirl33 0]

Has your Dr. explained why you are going to need all these extra Vitamins? Have you had problems with Vitamin deficiencies in the past? Bypass people have problems with vit B but it isn't usually a concern for Lap-Banders.

I personally take 2 childrens Flintstones chewables and a chewable Calcium (caramel...YUM!!) every day....thats it.

I'm 1.5 years post-op, down over 100lbs and just recently had my annual labs done, everything came back perfect. :thumbup:

So unless you have had Vitamin problems in the past, I would be hesitant to start on some massive amount of anything until I saw some bloodwork that warranted it. Lap-banders should be able to get pretty much all the nutrients we need from 'real' food !!!

Patricia

11/16/06

306/202/175ish

[crazycatlady 0]

You should also wait to take Vitamins until you get on full liquids since the minerals might upset your stomach.

[snowbird 2]

Sounds like your doctor is more attuned to gastric bypass patients rather than bandsters. Lap band is not a malabsorptive procedure where nutrients are prevented from naturally reaching your body, the way gb is.

I take a daily Vitamin capsule and a couple of chewable calciums since I'm past menopause, but I would be doing the same if I weren't banded.