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I just compared my bottle of flintstone Vitamins (which the label says to only chew 1 tablet for adults) to Centrum chewables and there is VERY little difference in the supplement amounts. So I'm curious why they say to take 2 flintstones for adults, and also why (I saw on another thread) that their nutritionist said to trade in their flintstones for a Vitamin for grown-ups.

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I think it's just personal preference. I like the taste of Centrum more so that's the one I take (just one).

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I take a liquid multi Vitamin from whole foods. It's easier and I remember. I hate the grit in chewables.< /p>

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I thought it might be the Iron also, but they both have 18 mg. The only thing I see that is completely different are the last 3 ingredients in Centrum which are manganese (50%), chromium(17%), and molybdenum (17%). I've never heard of any of these but I will discuss this again with my doctor next time I see him.

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I take flinestone's w/ Iron. My dietician specifically recommended them. They taste AWFUL, almost like blood... as strange as that sounds.

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you may want to try the viactive chocolate, they come in Multivitamin and Calcium. I take after meals so its like a little dessert, very little.

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I don't take chewables at all mainly because the only ones you can get here are for kids. They don't have a huge range for wls patients here in australia so I take the Centrum (non chewable) and have no problem at all. I was taking one called supradyn but straight after surgery it was taking me until 1pm to drink it so I gave up and took the centrum. Eventually though I know I'm going to have to find a chewable or another soluble, especially if I'm too tight in the morning.

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I was also told either 2 Centrum or 4 Flinstones a day.

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I just found a small Vitamin to take. IT is called one a day essentials. IT is no bigger than an aspirin. They just arrived in the mail today (had to order them from Amazon.com since no stores seem to carry them). I plan to show them to my nut and doc to see what they say. IF they like them maybe they will either stock them or get a local pharmacy to stock them.

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I switch off between several different chewables. My favorite is Trader Joe's Gummy Multivitamin. I really like the taste. It doesn't contain Iron.< /p>

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