Poll re: choice of multivitamin

poet_kelly
on 4/27/12 4:51 am - OH

Oh, no. No multis have enough calcium citrate. I was just talking about the things that are supposed to be in a multivitamin.

Regardless of what multi you use, you'll also need to take 1500-2000 mg calcium citrate and you'll need B12 (sublingual, shots or nasal spray).

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.

SuzysJourney72
on 4/27/12 5:07 am - Wilmington, NC

Ok perfect. Thanks Kelly! All my vitamins were listed separately so I was looking to take as few as possible as well as looking to cut the cost. Thank u!

poet_kelly
on 4/27/12 5:16 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Unfortunately, there's no way to get around taking a number of different vitamins. There are a few brands that claim to have everything we need, and they really do not. Plus there is the fact that certain vitamins prevent the absorption of other vitamins, and it just doesn't work to put everything in one pill.

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.

twobabies06
on 4/27/12 5:21 am

RNY on 06/29/11

I take Bariatric Advantage multis capsules and their chewy calcium bites.

It was one of numberous on a list that the surgeon's office/nutritionist's office provided at the info meeting long before meeting with the surgeon. I chose these and like the stats on them. They meet the ASMBS guidelines, so I am happy!

dianabelle12
on 4/27/12 5:43 am

I take flinstones because my surgeon reccomended them and all my levels are great at one year out:)

poet_kelly
on 4/27/12 5:44 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

What was your vitamin A and selenium levels?

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.

fran_pa
on 4/27/12 8:27 am - PA

RNY on 05/06/11

I've been curious about this too. I have a friend who takes Flintstones and says her labs are perfect too. But is this the result of the doctor saying the labs are perfect, or actually looking at them and reviewing them? She actuallys states she used to be anemic before surgery all the time, and since surgery and taking the Flintstones her iron level is great (cause an effect of Flintstones or adding a ton more of protein into her diet?). I guess I can't argue with anyone who is doing what their doctor is telling them to do, if they feel it is right for them and it is working for them. I will say I've had the @#$% scared out of me when my iron went low, and I will not alter from the recommendations. For now the B.A. vitamins work for me. If down the road I get sick of them, I'll probably experiment with something else. I personally don't trust Flintstones as being what I need, but I know several people who say their labs are great on them and it's what the docs recommended.

poet_kelly
on 4/27/12 8:29 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Notice how not one single person that uses Flintstones and says they have great labs can tell me their vitamin A or selenium levels? They don't know if they have great labs or not. I have asked this question a could times over the past couple years and not once has anyone that takes Flintstones been able to answer it.

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.

illinois Gama D.
on 4/27/12 8:42 am

RNY on 04/15/03

i do have to say, i was started on them(flintstone) 9 years ago, came here at 5 years post and felt like **** kelly went over a lot of the labs, i used the search box and i am so glad i went for extensive labs, My PCP changed me to Centrim , got the rest of knowledge here, not from my gastric surgeon or the NUT, PCP is also a internal/ped, and said he doent even tell parents to give their kids flintstones, thank you Kelly

Rny 2003

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poet_kelly
on 4/27/12 8:43 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

I wouldn't choose Flintstones for my kids, either. They aren't very good vitamins. They are probably OK for a child that eats a decent diet, but they aren't great. They certainly aren't good enough for someone with malabsorption.

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.

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