Question:
best kind of vitamins for post-op rny

   — anujourney1 (posted on March 25, 2009)

March 25, 2009
Please check out BariatricFusion.com. I love these because I don't have to chew 6 more calcium pills in addition to just 4 vits chews a day...no need for iron either...My labs are perfect so far though I am only 4 1/2 months out rny.
   — kathysews

March 25, 2009
I use a liquid vitamin called NHR. High potency in one fluid ounce, tastes like apple cider, high in antioxidants, etc. I got tired of bad tasting chewables or taking so many pills per day. The NHR actually has 2 gr of protein, 15% RDA of calcium citrate, and 150% of your daily D. I had poor D results on my initial labs post op. MY PCP put me on script D, and after 24 weeks, I the highest level of 3 tests was a 14. I went on the liquid vitamins (600 IU per dose) and in 2 months my labs showed D levels at 33. My profile story speaks about my D issues and the NHR vitamins. Many post ops in my support groups also get excellent labs using this particular liquid vitamin. DAVE
   — Dave Chambers

March 26, 2009
Your surgeon or nut should have a list of just what you need. Then you can start reading labels and be sure to look at all the other supplements you take. In my case I found that some of the ones on the market for us have too much of some things, not enough of others. When I sat down and counted everything else I take, it turns out I do fine with a kid's gummy one from Target. (Please note that I did my homework and everybody takes diff stuff so it's not for everyone!) My surgeon runs the usual bloodtests on me and all of my levels have been just fine.
   — snickersblk

March 26, 2009
I take 2 Viactiv chewable multivitamins a day. They are chocolate flavored and are much better than flintstones! My surgeon was the one who recommended them.
   — Dawn A.

March 27, 2009
There are none. The best vitamins for any of us after RNY are based SOLELY AND COMPLETELY on your labs. Your labs dictate what are the best vitamins for you...If I had to pick a best multi vitamin...it would be Bariatric Advantage because their formula is the best forms of bioavailable vitamins for the RNY anatomy and in good doses for the RNYer...But you still need to take Calcium Citrate with Vit D3 seperately as well as Iron in the form of Carbonyl Iron if you are a menstruating woman. You need B-12 as a sublingual, spray or shots. Kids vitamins do not have all the adult vitamins or the right doses to last long term...Anyone who thinks they do are only a walking time bomb for deficiencies according to studies that show by year 3-5, 75% of RNYers ON SUPPLEMENTS become vitamin deficent if not malnourished or anemic as well. Go online to the US National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health and read the studies done on RNY... You will be amazed informed and awakened! LABS are the ONLY thing that dictates what your vitamins should be...So many people believe their surgeons or doctors are running all their vitamin labs and trusting blindly that they are when they are NOT! Get copies and look at them closely...When I found out I was anemic...I learned because my Hemoglobin and Hemocrit levels were low (routine blood test for anyone)...SO doc ran Iron and Iron binding and Ferritin levels too to find out I was Iron deficiency anemic as well as B-12 to see if it was pernicuous (B-12 causing the anemia)......But when i took my medical records home to look at my other vitamin levels...I realized that in 5 years NO ONE ran ALL of my vitamin levels! Not preop or post op! Not my surgeon..not my PCP! I demanded they run each vitamin for me and my doc was SHOCKED to find I was quite malnourished...I hand her a list of the labs I want her to run every 6 months since! She has NO trouble with that either! I was chewing adult vitamin chewables and they didn't protect me from vitamin def and anemia...LABS did! I prevent deficiencies now with labs! There is NO perfect, take-one-tablet/liquid/chewable for all RNYers...Liquid vitamins make REALLY Huge claims that are NOT backed by science...Taking 2 Childrens vitamins for life after RNY is just plain sad to me...We have malabsorption of fats and nutrients...and believing that taking kids vitamins is not going to prevent deficiencies is just naive. They are formulated for kids and do not even INCLUDE all the the adult vits we need! Even taking 2! Read studies...GET LABS!!! Supplement according to labs...I have not found the perfect vitamin formula yet...I already know it doesn't exist...Vitamins are as unique to each individual as hair and eye color, size and height, weight and sex, disease and health...etc! There is NO best vitamin! Trust that and get labs! Take whatever multi vit you want...I go for an adult one that is formulated for RNY...So far that is BA and I found Tarder Joe's High Potency Adult chewable is RNY compatible as well! Not as high in the B vits aand is missing Vit K...But not a bad choice as far as just taking SOMETHING extra along with getting my labs and taking the other vitamins you need to take seperately on a schedule all dang day! Do some research before you trust those that say they have good labs taking kids chewables...That's nice and okay for a year MAYBE 2...Then half these people taking kiddie vits are also asked to limit their dietary calories to only 1000 a day and limit or cut out important amounts of nutrient rich complex carbohydrates and EXPECTED to stay healthy! RIDICULOUS! ... http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
   — .Anita R.