multivitamins--HELP

mpjones
on 3/25/14 12:36 am

I haven't been on this forum for a LONG while--I'm 18 months out and am maintaining my weight loss. I have a horrible time swallowing not only my prescription meds but all the extra vitamins and supplements I have to take--ok, for my multivitamin I've been taking the Nature's Made Mini's Full strngth Multivitamins every since my surgery. For some reason I can't find them at our local stores now --does anyone have a suggestion for another multivitamin that is easy to swallow (I tried One A day and couldn't get them down). Please don't say to just crush them--I tried that and threw up all day long. Any suggestions will be very much appreciated. Thank you for your help.

april89love
on 3/25/14 1:12 am - NC

RNY on 03/16/11

I use Centrum Adult chewables. I switched to chewable because I get tired of swallowing pills. I also use Upcal-D for calcium everyday so that is another one I don't have to swallow whole.

Sandy

HW 225, SW 219, GW 140, CW 124

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!

mpjones
on 3/25/14 1:31 am

Thank you april 89love for the suggestion--do they have an "after-taste" that lingers all day? I'm out of my multi so if they don't have that awful after taste thing I'll go right out to get some. Once again-thanks.

april89love
on 3/25/14 2:18 am - NC

RNY on 03/16/11

It doesn't leave me with the after taste I got with swallowing whole ones. I get them at Walmart.

Sandy

HW 225, SW 219, GW 140, CW 124

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!

mpjones
on 3/25/14 2:36 am

Thanks again for the information. I tried a chwable iron thing and the after taste was so HORIBLE I just had it in my mind I would never do another chewable pill.

Citizen Kim
on 3/25/14 1:49 am - Castle Rock, CO

RNY on 07/27/04

You can cut pills - I have a pill cutter I use to make my son's meds teeny tiny - it's not the same as crushing them, because you still swallow them but they don't hit your pouch like a brick!

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mpjones
on 3/25/14 2:23 am

Thanks Sin Kim--if I can't find a min or chewable I might have to resort to that.

poet_kelly
on 3/25/14 2:09 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

How about a chewable multi? Or ENS drink mix from Celebrate?

Kelly

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mpjones
on 3/25/14 2:25 am

Thanks Kelly--I should try the ENS--just counted and between prescriptions, the vitamins and other things-I'm taking 18 pills a day.I'm so sick of swallowing pills !!

Daisydoo02
on 3/25/14 2:38 am - GTA, Ontario, Canada

RNY on 11/15/13

Hi,

I use the Bariatric Advantage "Orange" flavoured Chewable multivitamins. I just love them! Like you the others pills were literally getting "stuck" after swallowing and I even used a pill cutter to split them into fours, they still got stuck. I am now using Chewable's for my multi, regular capsule for my Iron (its a Tylenol pill size so goes down fine), B12 is a under the tongue melt-away and my Calcium chews are easy and quite delicious and my Vit D pills are tiny, like the size of a Skittle candy so they go down fine. Hope you find what works for you, its often a trial and error kind of thing.

Daisy