Question:
Are they better?....

Do the liquid vitamins make you nausiated? Are they better than tabs or capsules? And how much in advance should a person begin to take Biotin just to head of the hair loss?    — Vicki R. (posted on August 7, 2002)

August 6, 2002
Personally, I think liquid vitamins taste like $#@%^. They made me throw up everytime. I waited until I was 8 weeks post op to start taking regular ones. Maybe not a good idea but I wasn't able to keep the liquid ones down anyway. They are very expensive to just be wasted. I am 8 months post op and I take 3 capsules of 500mg Calcium CITRATE that I get from vitalady.com. For a multi, I still chew children's , I take a B-12 subligual, Carbonal Iron (Sundown brand available at Wal Mart, very small) and I take 2400mg of Biotin daily. I would suggest you take Biotin as soon as possible. I started taking mine AFTER I started losing my hair and it didn't help. Taking it BEFORE it starts is probably the way to go. I got my Biotin at GNC, You can buy one bottle and get the second at 50% off.
   — Kim B.

August 6, 2002
I started immediately on childrens chewable vitamins (Flintstones Complete-2 a day) and 6 months later, I still take them-one, I don't like pills, and 2, they taste pretty good! For calcium citrate, I do take a liquid-a creamy bitter orange tasting liquid that I purchase thru www.tropicaloasis.com - 1 tablespoon a day. As for the biotin, I don't think anything works either pre-or post hair loss stage to slow down or stop it. Its caused by a combination of trauma to the body from surgery and the lack of protein early on. Hair loss will occur in just about all of us for a few months. But take heart, I've not heard of anyone going bald, and it does grow back! (Still waiting for mine to grown back, but the loss has stopped).
   — Cindy R.

August 7, 2002
Hi! i agree,liquids are awful.But the big bullets hurt my stomach. I was switched to Spectravites[CVS brand]after 4 weeks with Fred and Irma but I had to switch again to adult chewables. Spectravites and Centrum both have a chewables, and they aren't as sweet as Flintstones. calcium is another story.I haven't found a chewable Citrate yet, still looking.
   — Ellen H.