if you're having trouble affording your vitamins
happy_baker
on 2/5/12 5:09 am
on 2/5/12 5:09 am
RNY on 02/15/12
I have Calcium Citrate + Vit D tablets that I was going to take, but they're horse pills and surely won't dissolve in my pouch, so I was wondering if I could crush them.
If so, I could halve the amount of chewy bites I have to take.
If so, I could halve the amount of chewy bites I have to take.
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Yeah, you can crush them if you want. But they WILL dissolve if you swallow them.
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happy_baker
on 2/5/12 7:26 am
on 2/5/12 7:26 am
RNY on 02/15/12
Really? That's good to know.
The bottle states: Laboratory tested to dissolve within 60 minutes.
I would assume food stays in our pouch longer than that, right?
Man, it's amazing the things I don't know when I really start to think about it.
The bottle states: Laboratory tested to dissolve within 60 minutes.
I would assume food stays in our pouch longer than that, right?
Man, it's amazing the things I don't know when I really start to think about it.
Even if vitamins don't stay in your pouch that long, they get absorbed in the small intestine for the most part, not the pouch. So it doesn't really matter how long they stay in the pouch.
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.
On February 5, 2012 at 1:09 PM Pacific Time, happy_baker wrote:
I have Calcium Citrate + Vit D tablets that I was going to take, but they're horse pills and surely won't dissolve in my pouch, so I was wondering if I could crush them. If so, I could halve the amount of chewy bites I have to take.
However, I agree - they are HUGE! I hate swallowing them! But I'm in a routine so I'm getting used to it. Just annoying that I have to take two of them, and they're quite a bit larger than my multi!