B12
Sorry but B12 tablets are no go for us...
Either Sublingual tablets or liquid, or nasal spray or injections..
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
An RNYer lacks "Intrinsic Element" which is what permits the liberation of oral (pill form) B12. We need to use a sublingual or do shots.
I found that Trader Joe's has a great B12 sublingual which takes about 30 seconds to dissolve under your tongue. They also have a B-vitamin which has all the B complex vitamins we need which also dissolves quickly.
You have to be careful with B complex. Some vit B like B6 can be toxic because they can accumulate in our system.. I know a lot of people who had trouble with toxic levels of B6. It took me 3 years to get my B6 to level just slightly above normal ( was really really high)
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
Sorry honey, but they won’t work. L A great sublingual that’s affordable is Vita4Life’s. You may want to try them from now on. They pack a mighty punch and they have Folic Acid and B-6 to boot. One container is a 3 month supply. You simply can’t beat it. I’m sorry you’re stuck with B12 that won’t work for you. That’s a drag. L Here’s the link for Vita4Life.
You you, if the only reason you are on OH is to sell crap from Vita4Life, you might think about being less condescending. Most snake oil sellers are more successful with a little charm.
Every one of your posts has been an attempt to sell something.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
Even a chewable B12 isn't doing you much good. The problem is the lack of intrinsic factor (as already mentioned), so any method that involves the B12 into the stomach will not absorb well at all. If you cannot return them, you might as well give them to someone without a RNY.
for RNYers B12 needs to be sublingual (NOT just chewable), by transdermal patch, by injection, or (apparently) via nasal spray. (I have not seen the nasal spray or know anyone who uses it, but I have seen it mentioned here.)
You can get Twinlabs 5000 unit "dots" that are very small (and, at that dose, probably only need to be taken once a week (as I do)) for about $15 for a bottle of 60... which is a whole year's worth of you only take one a week. So it won't cost you much to remedy your mistake.
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.