My surgeon's office recommends Flintstones chewable vitamins. But I know I've seen some disparaging remarks about them on this board. Can anyone tell me why they are bad news? Thanks.

 It's not enough for us... check out the recommendations from the ASBS: http://www.asbs.org/Newsite07/resources/bgs_final.pdf

Flinstone Complete vitamins are ok temporarily for a few months. But then I would definitely transfer over to an adult multi-vitamin. And to be honest those suckers taste horrible. Who wants to eat that yucky stuff in the morning..gag!!

Try Celebrate Vitamins -- I ordered a free sample pack and they are surprisingly tasty!

They are bad news because they do not meet our nutritional needs.  The ASMBS says we need 200% of the RDA of things.  If you take two Flintstones, you don't get enough vitamin A (like your vision?), niacian, biotin (like your hair?).  They have NO selenium.  You are likely to develop nutritionial deficiencies if you rely on them.

Kelly

I take the Celebrate Vitamin's Multi Complete in Forest Berry and it is just like a piece of candy.  ;o)  YUM

I also take Celebrate multi in tangarine and it is great!!!!

Can you get celebrate vitamins at most stores. I am pre-op and wanting to get all this stuff together before hand.  Thank you

I've never seen it at places like wal-mart or target but I know that you can find them at bariatricchoice.com and celebratevitamins.com and places like amazon. :) Their multivitamin is so much easier to tolerate than bariatric advantage's. BA's is super gritty. Bleckk!  Good luck!

You won't find them in stores, it's super easy to get them on-line and their customer service is great. They will send you samples of all of their supplements to try! 

Thanks all! Guess it's time for new vitamins