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What are the best calcium to take? I have to use a hammer to crush the ones I'm taking, also what is best way to take all these supplements Some of my meds are so nasty I can't keep them down. I have tried mixing them with my shake, but still can't get by taste I know big baby right. Please help Thanks Ann

Ann the calcium chewable are good. I got mine from the vitamin shoppe but the drugstore should carry them. Linda jerroid (sp) gets hers from somewhere and they are the ones that im thinking about getting because you only have to take two a day whereas the ones I have now you have to eat four a day. As far as meds I got natural applesauce and I crushed my meds in a pill crusher and took with applesauce. They say chasing the crushed pills with juice is good but I cant drink juice because of acid reflux so I stick with the applesauce. The multi vitamin I take is a chewable also, I got if from walgreens and it is for people like us that have had the surgery it is called optisource.

Ann, Have you tried to break your pills in half. Dr. Byrne told us at the January support group meeting at MUSC, If you can swallow the pills then do it, you don't have to crush them up any longer. Britt

I take the chewable viactin with my meal. I also take liquid iron with about 2 oz of orange juice twice a day. I started with the chewable caltrates, they were not bad also...Hope this helps. Suzanne