re vitamins

hi sandy, i've read that you shouldn't take your iron and your calcium at the same time (maybe that's why you shouldn't take your calcium with your multivitamin - because of the iron in it?). i chew a flinstones multivitamin in the morning, then a little while later take my calcium & biotin (i don't wait that long and i don't know how long to wait). i try and take my vitron c during the day. i am anemic but also i have terrific constipation when i take it so i do skip it alot, unfortunately. in the evening, i chew another multivitamin and then have another calcium before i go to bed. susan

I space everything about by at least 2 hours. Multivitamin and B12 in the morning, calcium for mid-morning, calcium mid-afternoon, mulivitamin around supper and a B6 before going to bed. I finally got a daily pill container because I got so I couldn't remember if I had taken something or not! If you are anemic, take that iron! Find something to combat the constipation. Wal-mart makes a stool softner (no laxative in it!) that I take twice a day. I also use Benefiber a couple times a day. Check with your doctor what he/she recommeds but severe anemia will eventually make you feel terrible!! Take care, Beth -98

I just had my 6-month checkup yesterday, and was told I was anemic. My doctor suggested that I have an iron infusion because the iron pills wouldn't absorb as well. Are you taking any specific type of iron for your anemia? I need to find something very soon. I'm not much of a pill person. I wish they had some sort of liquid iron medicine.