Are All Multi vitamins alike?

So just after RNY I was taking chewable Multi vitamins (Centrum)
Once I could go back to swallowing I ordered some Celebrate Bariatric Suppliement Multi vitamins. 

The amounts of vitamins in the Centrums don't even come CLOSE to the Cedlebrates. 

Does anyone know of a reference of amounts of each of the various vitamins and minerals we are supposed to be taking in a day?

Thanks
Kevin

Find an OH member named "Andrea U" and send her a PM asking her or post this directly on the RNY board and hope she sees it.  She is the "in-house" vitamin expert.

I asked a similar question about 2-3 months ago in another forum. Here's a reply that I got from a nurse.

My Vitamin Regimen:

Morning

B Complex sublingual (1.7 mg riboflavin, 20 mg niacin, 2 mg B6, 1200 mcg B12, 30 mg pantothenic acid)
1/2 multivitamin
400 mg calcium citrate w/500 IU vitamin D
2000 IU vitamin dry D

Morning +2 hrs

1/2 multivitamin
400 mg calcium citrate w/500 IU vitamin D
2000 IU vitamin dry D

Morning +4 hrs

1/2 multivitamin
400 mg calcium citrate w/500 IU vitamin D
2000 IU vitamin dry D

Morning +6 hrs

1/2 multivitamin
400 mg calcium citrate w/500 IU vitamin D
2000 IU vitamin dry D

Morning +8 hrs

1/2 multivitamin
400 mg calcium citrate w/500 IU vitamin D
2000 IU vitamin dry D

Morning +10 hrs

135 mg carbonyl iron
1500 mg vitamin C

I wait at least 2 hours in between each dosing.  I also have a bit of OCD and that's why I only take a half of a multivitamin at a time.  I keep my daily vitamins in one of those 7 day pill containers.  This makes each container have an equal number of pill in it, except the one with my iron and vitamin C and Tylenol.  It's a sickness, I know. 

After RNY, B12 MUST be taken in injection, sublingual, or nasal inhalant form.  It requires binding to an enzyme called intrinsic factor (IF) in order to be absorbed.  IF is secreted in the part of the stomach that was bypassed.  Therefore it is inaccessible to the RNY patient.

DO NOT take calcium and iron within 2 hours of each other.  They are both absorbed using the same cellular receptor sites.  The receptor sites like calcium better, therefore the calcium will be absorbed and the iron will be excreted in the feces.

DO NOT eat or drink any of the following within 2 hours of taking iron: dairy, eggs, fiber, tea, coffee, red wine, grapes, or spinach.  They each contain substances that bind with the iron.  The iron will then be excreted in the feces.

DO take the CARBONYL form of iron.  It does not have as many GI side effects as does the ferrous sulfate form.  Feosol offers a carbonyl iron that is 45 mg pure iron that is available at your local grocery or pharmacy.

DO take vitamin C with iron.  It enhances the absorption of iron.  If iron upsets your pouch, take it with a meat snack.  This will buffer the pouch and and enhance the absorption of the iron.

Calcium should be taken in divided doses NOT to exceed 500-600 mg at a time.  The body just cannot absorb more than that at a time, no matter your WLS status. 

Calcium CARBONATE is not readily absorbed by ANYONE, no matter their WLS status.  As someone who has had WLS, we really should be taking calcium CITRATE.  It is better absorbed.  I take Citracal Petites.

I found her post very interesting. But, I'm not sure there would be room in my pouch for food after all those vitamins. 

if you go to www.vitalady.com You can get a RNY regime from her web site. Plus she has decent prices on dry vitamins.

Scott