Question about vitimans
It does not depend on the clinic.
Regardless of what clinic you go to, the vitamins you need will be the same. And the recommendations of the ASMBS are the same no matter what clinic you go to, as well.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Ther is no reason you need any special, expensive kind of vitamin as long as it is a decent quality adult vitamin like Centrum or a generic version of it (as opposed to gummy vitamins which don't have everything you need).
That is true for any type of WLS, but especially true since you are having the sleeve which doesn't change the absorption of vitamins like the RNY or DS do.
Clinics/doctors who sell specific brand of special "bariatric" vitamins usually make money on them...
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
And some of the vitamins marketed to bariatric patients do not actually have all the nutrients we need, according to the ASMBS. For instance, Wellesse markets a liquid multivitamin to WLS folks that has NO minerals in it. Bariatric Fusion contains a type of calcium WLS folks don't absorb well and may cause kidney stones.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Nobody needs designer bariatric vitamins. None are as "complete" as they say they are, and your bloodwork will tell you so. Yes, you can find everything you need at your local pharmacy department. The only difference is that the doc may insist you do chewables for a while until you are able to swallow easier. I can tell you that it's not absolutely necessary, but much easier. I had to take 12 horse pills right out of the gate, and it seemed to take forever to get them down for a while. DO get the grown up vitamins, though and NOT Flintstones, okay?
Valerie
DS 2005
There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes
