Vitamin ?

Hello all my heros out there!!!!  I am on the Optisource vitamins--4x's a  day. I was wondering what I need to get in calcium and B12 if I go on like a one a day vitamin. (Thinking about getting the heavy duty women's vits from GNC) I am having the hardest time remembering these darn things 4x's a day. I have been on these for a year and wanted to try the other option and see how it goes. I will probably end up back on the Optisource but I was thinking if I didn't have to chew or remember them 4x's a day I might get them all in like I am suppose to.   Thanks pals!!!  Love ya 

Hi,   I don't know about the B12, but I keep getting told that you can only absorb about 500-600mg of Calcium at a time, and you need like 1200mg or more a day.  So you will need to take Calcium at least twice a day to get it all in.  ****ep forgetting).  Plus, there are interactions to worry about.  For instance, I think iron and calcium inhibit each others' absorption, so you have to take them seperately.  I would call your Dr. about it. Cynthia

Hey thanks for the info. I know they told me all this when I first started out but I have forgotten the amounts. I will call our nutritionalist and find out. Thanks, Pam

I got to where I carry a little brown bottle with me all day that has all my vitamins, etc. in it so I can pop a pill in between meals and so on. Right now, I'm taking the Centrum chewables twice a day, the Tropical Oasis liquid calcium so I only have to take 1 tablespoon a day & I got some B-12 buttons from WalMart that dissolve under the tongue & that's once a day. It's definitely not as bad as I thought it might be. {{Hugs}} Hellen

Thanks Hellen.... I am getting lazy and trying to find a one time, morning thing because I am so forgetful at night. To much on the brain... I've got brain rot. Pam

Hey, Pam!!! You know you can take 2 vitamins at a time? The nutritionist told us that....she would rather us take 2 in the morning and 2 at night then to forget to take them....just a suggestion~ Hugs, Melissa

Hey Melissa.... thanks. I just took 2 which I usually do, but it is the night thing I have problems with. I need to get me a shock collar with a timer to remind me. Just looked at your profile... you are looking awesome. Pam

Don't know if it's possible for us to get in everything we need now with a "one a day" type regimen.  I switched over to Centrum chewables about a month or so ago ... I was just soooo tired of the Optisource.   I think it's OK to take a capsule-type, this far out ... but check with the office.  I chew one in the morning, and one at night.  Mid morning, I take one Citrical (calcium citrate) capsule, and another mid-afternoon.  And then sometime around lunchtime, I pop a sublingual B-12 under my tongue.  I know, I know ... it's more to remember than using 2 Optisource, twice a day.  But it's cheaper.   Which leaves more money for shoes, ya know. 

Hey beautiful Dawn. I have missed you! I am telling you the climate changes in Greer when you are not in town. Kinda like an thick fog falls over the whole Greer area.  I am glad you are back and I hope you had a wonderful time at the beach!! Thanks for the vitamin tips... I wanted to try something different for a month and see how it goes. Oh...BTW. I love your avatar. You take the best pictures. Pam

Pam, you sweetheart, you.  You always make me feel so great!  (((((((((((((Big Hugs))))))))))))))) We did have a wonderful time at the beach ... and when I ate a piece of sal****er taffy, I thought about YOU!  LOL