Vitamin questions :)

Okay, I'm finding that it's easier for me to take pills now and I really don't want to have to depend on my gtube as often as I do. Right now I'm doing liquid centrum but taste wise I can't do it orally because it comes back up every time. Sooo I'm curious which vitamins y'all take as far as a multi vitamin?? I can't do the flinstone chewables they come back up and they bother my teeth. I want to try and start taking multivitamin pills, same thing for calcium because the citracal creamy bites make me get sick they're tooo sweet and I only keep half of them down most the time and I want to make sure I'm getting everything in. Also do any of y'all take iron and if so what do you take?? Is there a certain kind of iron thats better than the other? Any help is sooo appreciated y'all!!!!! I get my centrum in via gtube but like I said I really want this out (i know i have it til atleast Jan 21 now though) and so I hate depending on it, I am still tube feeding a couple times a day anyways but I'm trying to work on that also.

I went for my 4 week check up today and They have me on pre natail vitameins and they said that has the iron in it. so now I also dont have to take the flinstone chewables eather.they said to take a prenatal every night also they gave me samples of chewable calclum citrate  choc flavable and orange  400 mg which we are to take 1500 mg a day.they are great....thur bariatric advantage .com. The prenatals they wrote the prescription is only 4.00 at walmart....Ruthanne at the claren baritric center gave me all this and dr mattar.        The cremy bites I had a hard time with too. hope this helps ya.good luck

My Dr was worried if I took pills they would end up coming out whole. undesolved. But I rook my vitamins and put them in an ounce of water to see how long it took for them to melt. It took 5 minutes. So she was satisfied. I go to Walmart and get the big bottle of Multivitamins (not coated like one a days are, make sure of that) a big bottle of Calicum citrate and B-1 and I take Biotin . They all melted in the 1 ounce of water in 5 minutes so I know by the time they get to my intestines they are all disolved and can make it to my bloodstream. My blood work is good everytime I have it tested. Honestly when I took liquid vitamins I really liked the Cranberry based multi vitamin liquid at GNC I took those for the first 9 months. Linda Kay

Does anyone actually crush the calcium vitamins instead of using the chewy ones???  I was just wondering since I can't find the chewables around here anymore.

LaChelle,

I asked my pharmacist to order the creamy bites for me.  He keeps them stocked up for me now.  They are expensive but it saves me a trip to Evansville or Owensboro.  I use the caramel ones and don't find them to be too bad.  I haven't tried the other flavors yet.

Hope this helps.

Jacqui

Lachelle

I think Janene was cutting her calcium pills up and taking them. I dont know how she is doing it now.  I found the Citracal online at drugstore.com they are like $8.00 a box, of course there is shipping charges as well.  I bought 2 boxes a chocolate and a carmel.  I cant stand the carmel ones, I am trying to choke them down just so I dont waste the money, but sometimes I gag on them.  The chocolate is pretty good.  I would just ask your nut if cutting up the calcium pills is ok.

Jenny, I sure wish we lived close. I love the caramel creamy bites- I would trade you chocolate for caramel! Re: vitamins. . . I just went to Dr. Cacucci on Monday for my 6 month check and saw the nut as well. i talked with the nut about vitamins to double check my dosage. I was taking 3 Flintstone chewables but was tired of them so she said if I take citracal chewables to chew 3 of them also. I asked about prenatal vitamins and she said they do not recommend them b/c they do not have as much vitamin A as we need. I know there are practices that have their patients take prenatals but thought I should post this info since I know Misty goes to the same doctor I do. Glad to know about the cranberry flavored at GNC, I might try that! Re:iron. . . .I find it really constipates me but ask a nut b/c there are some that are not as constipating as others.

Thanks for your input y'all.. I'm probally going to try and stick with what I"m doing now until my next appointment or I may email the dietitians and see what they say.