Question:
what are the best vitamin and minerals to take

   — dana S. (posted on December 15, 2006)

December 15, 2006
i just went for my consultation visit and i met with the nutritionist and i asked her the same question. she said it doesn't matter what kind you take as long as it isn't a "silver" brand like centrum silver, etc. it also needs to be a multivitamin WITH minerals. children's vitamins are also ok if you can't swallow the others, but you just need to take two instead of one. extra calcium is needed and if you still have periods you need to take iron. hope this helps
   — RNlvnCARSON

December 15, 2006
The ones that you like and are willing to take everyday for the rest of your life are the best. Chewable works all the time. I do optisource for vitamin, calcuim is Citracal - lemon.
   — dcox94

December 15, 2006
I get my Iron (Tender Iron) & Calcium (Upscale-D) from VitaLady.com - Do not take your Iron & Calciums together as they'll cancel each ither out. Also with Irom take 1000mg of Chewable Vitamon C to help the Iron absorb more completely. I take a Multivitamin (Sam's Club) every morning and my Surgeon's recommended Multivitamin (a Pre-Natel "Duet") every night at bed time. Plus a B complex & a B-12 (both from Sam's Club) and my Blood work comes back great, now 6 months post-op.
   — Michael Eak

December 18, 2006
That would depend on what you are trying to accomplish. If you were told to "take vitamins" and were not specifically informed and you only want to meet the requirement to "take vitamins", I wouldn't have any ideas for you. If you want to address the vitamins & minerals specific to your surgery type, then I could help you but privately since I'd make it fit YOU and your surgery type. [email protected]
   — vitalady