How long do you take chewable vitamins?

mute
on 11/28/15 8:41 am
RNY on 03/23/15

i take my vitamins religiously but would love to switch some back to regular pills. I take other meds in pill form and have no problem but calcium and multi vitamins in particular are large so I was wondering for the vets specifically if you ever switched back to pill form or stay on chewable/gummy?

Melinda

HW: 377 SW: 362 CW:131

TOTAL LOSS: 249 pounds

The Salty Hag
on 11/28/15 10:59 am
RNY on 05/20/13

Not a vet, but I switched back to pill form ( Centrum Silver ), relatively quickly. 

At my 2 year check up, my doc's partner asked if I was taking chewable or pill form. I said pill, and I got the stink-eye from her. She told he they needed to be chewables. It was then my turn to give her the stink-eye. I nodded, said "Okie Dokie" and that was it...haha. I still mostly use pills, and my numbers are fine, but I bought some Centrum Silver chewables a while back just to remind myself how awful they taste. 

I woke up in between a memory and a dream...

Tom Petty

Laura in Texas
on 11/28/15 11:39 am

Funny!! I like the taste!!

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."

The Salty Hag
on 11/28/15 12:59 pm
RNY on 05/20/13

A cheesecake flavored chewable multi would make me a happy girl. They need to make those. 

I woke up in between a memory and a dream...

Tom Petty

Laura in Texas
on 11/28/15 11:38 am

I'm 7 years out and still take chewable multivitamins because I like the taste. Regular vitamins give me a horrible aftertaste.

If you don't have problems taking other pills, I don't think it would be a problem for you to switch.

And I don't think we are ever supposed to take gummies.

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."

Juliek7312
on 11/28/15 2:00 pm

"And I don't think we are ever supposed to take gummies." do you know why?

Height: 5'5" HW: 370 SW: 363 CW: 177 RNY: 4/28/15

 

Grim_Traveller
on 11/28/15 2:27 pm
RNY on 08/21/12

There are a LOT of things missing from gummies. Compare the label on any gummy or children's vitamins with an adult complete, like Centrum. You'll be able to see everything they lack.

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

CerealKiller Kat71
on 11/29/15 7:03 am
RNY on 12/31/13

I can't speak for your program -- but the Cleveland Clinic actually has us sign a paper acknowledging that using Gummy vitamins is considered non-compliance.  They simple cannot/don't meet any of the requirements for post WLS patients.  

Here's a link about how Gummy vitamins are not even good for regular folks:

gummy-vitamins-just-say-no

"What you eat in private, you wear in public." --- Kat

Juliek7312
on 11/29/15 9:20 am

thank you for that, it was very informative.

Height: 5'5" HW: 370 SW: 363 CW: 177 RNY: 4/28/15

 

mute
on 11/28/15 10:22 pm
RNY on 03/23/15

I really want to switch...I think I'm going to. I don't have any other issues with the meds intake. I'm going to go for it :)

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