Question:
CAN YOU TAKE REGULAR FLINTSTONES....

VITAMINS. DO THEY HAVE MUCH SUGAR IN THEM? I HAVE WENT EVERYWHERE TO FIND THE SUGAR FREE KIND, AND THEY DONT' HAVE THEM ANYWHERE IN MY AREA. ALSO, WHERE DO YOU BUY THAT BIOXIN FOR HAIRLOSS? AM HAVING SURGERY THIS WEDNESDAY ANDMUST BE PREPARED. ALSO CALCIUM CITRATE, WHERE CAN YOU GET THAT.    — Gale G. (posted on August 31, 2002)

August 31, 2002
hiya, congrats on your surgery! i've heard that a lot of docs want their patients to use sugar free vitamins,mine didn't, i took regular flintstones with added iron and it didn't bother me at all. i got tired of the taste tho and now use centrum chewables (orange flavored) that i got at walmart. for calcium citrate (make sure it's not calcium carbonate like tums) i use citrical, again you can get it at walmart. good luck to you! kate open rny 6-14-01 pre op: 268lbs goal weight: 135lbs current weight: 130lbs
   — jkb

August 31, 2002
Calcium citrate is available at WalMart it comes now in a chewable form that is fruit flavored---very good
   — Linda L.

August 31, 2002
Hey Gale, good luck, I 'll be following you in 18 days. The hairloss vitamin is biotin and you can find it almost anywhere. I got mine at a military commissary. They also say to take zinc. That the combination works together. Again, good luck!
   — Patty.W

August 31, 2002
I am pretty sure that the flintstones vitamins do not come with a sugar free label. But I do not think they have sugar listed as an ingredient either. Check the label.
   — Virginia N.

August 31, 2002
Hi, i take Flinstones Complete with no trouble what so ever. They are what my doc wants us to take and I don't even know what the sugar content is but I know they do not say sugar free anywhere on the label. Good luck with whatever you decide.
   — Carrie D.

August 31, 2002
hi there :) i take flinstones chewables i didnt know they made sugarless. ive never had a problem with them except if i take them on an empty stomach i would get the dry heaves. i had open rny on feb 8 02 and have just been cleared for regular swallow vitamins now. i just today found biotin at walmart. i found 2 different bottles one mentioned nothing about hair and the other had hair right on the front of the bottle so thats the one i went with. ive always had a very nice thick head of hair but it has thinned some and i hope this stuff works :)
   — carrie M.

August 31, 2002
My doc recommended kids's chewables, but with Iron. I have found several brands--target, walgreen's etc make a chewable with iron. I haven't seen any that say sugar free and the 3 brands I have (target, walgreen's and flintstones) don't list sugar on the label.
   — Kay S.

August 31, 2002
Looks like you got lots of good advise about the vitamins, but I will add that the nutritionist that comes to our support group, says take one vitamin in the morning and one near supper. This is an absortion issue. Like many things, we have to space it out to make sure we are getting the full benefits. As for the hair, I recommend the following. Regular hair cuts, a good conditioner(even the leave in kind for an hour or so once a week. Also, anesthesia and certain medicines are very hard on the hair, I use a clarifying shampoo about once a month to remove build up, meds, etc. All of these should help but some people will still loose hair but I have never seen a bald patient yet and it does come back. Our bodies react to change and this is a drastic change. But getting your hair in the best condition you can will definitely help.
   — Elizabeth K.