Question:
Please Please Please help with my vitamins
Hello, I'm 5 weeks post-op RNY and my Dr. told me to take flinstones chew ables right now and in one week start taking prenatial vitamins in a few weeks but didn't say when or anything and now he's on vacation for 3 weeks...what a dr. Anyway what all vitamins should i take now and in the future and how much... i need to know everything everything i need to take please...... Thank you so so much God Bless — Teranie (posted on August 31, 2008)
August 31, 2008
YOU NEED TO TAKE ALL THIS DAILY
2 FLINTSTONE COMPLETE
TRINSICON THIS IS A IRON SUPPLEMENT. 2 A DAY,ZINC 1X A DAY,CALCIUM.YOU NEED
1500 MGS,I HAVE BEEN TAKING THIS DAILY AND IM 6 YRS OUT AND MY BLOODWORK IS
GOOD.GOOD LUCK
— deb44m
August 31, 2008
Reading these boards, I am finding every doctor and nutritionist is
different. My doctor has us drink the Bariatrix Protein Powders from
Metagenics - also from there we get the multivitamin which is made
especially for bariatric patients. It is designed so absorb quickly so
that you don't have to crush it or chew it - if we take any other kind we
are suppose to get chewables. Also from Metagenics we get the iron pill
which you take one a day, and the Calcium/Vit D (Cal. Apatite Forte) which
you take 2 a day. Don't take your calcium at the same time you take your
multivitamin as the multivitamin can interfere with absorption of the
calcium. So - take the multivitamin and iron pill with breakfast and take
one calcium at lunch and one at dinner. Also, take one Vit. B12 2000 mcg
Lozenge every WEEK - he recommended the Solaray brand from Super
Supplements - it dissolves under the tongue. The Metagenics items can be
purchased online. Anyway, that is what my doctor recommends - but like I
said each doctor is different.
— Wendy M.
September 1, 2008
My surgeon is also different in what he told me to take... which goes to
show you that there's more than one GOOD way to do this! It was recommended
that I take 2 multivitamin/day 1 B12/day, 1 iron/day and 1 calcium citrate
with vitamin D/day. He did say that the Flinstone chewables were okay for
the multivitamins. I'm 6 weeks p/o and I've found a better multivitamin
that eliminates the daily B12 & iron = Centruim Silver... (I'm also
51yrs old). So now I just take the calcium and the Centrum and I get all of
my daily requirements... and they are both chewable! (I get them both at
Wal-Mart). Hope this helps!
— pattschiele
September 1, 2008
My RNY doctor recommends NOT taking Flintstone vitamins at all!
Here's his list of vitamins to look for:
Daily multivitamin/Minerals *100% RDI or more for vitamins A E C D and
Niacin (B3)
*200% RDI or more for major B-Complex vitamins, particularly folic acid and
thiamin
*100% RDI for minerals like zinc, copper, manganese, molybdenum, selenium,
chromium, magnesium and others.
-- B-12 (1000mcg injections monthly with Metanx or 1000mcg daily sublingual
or use the nasal spray as directed.)
--Calcium CITRATE (1500 mg/day for lap bands, 1500-2000mg/day for rny
patients)
*Iron (15 mg/day for men, 30 mg/day for women)
*Protein 20-40 grams/serving
*0-4 grams of carbs/serving
*0-5 grams total fat/serving
That's the "shopping list" they gave us in our nutrition meeting.
Hope it helps! I'm going with the sublinguals as much as I can (takes up
less pouch space).
— Jean Ann T.
September 1, 2008
I'm six months out and I've been taking the Flintstones complete chewables,
plus a B-6,B12 & Flolic Acid (Trivita), Calcium supplement and my
bloodwork was perfect recently. More importantly I have lost 83 pounds, cut
my insulin from 60 units to 10 units a night, thrown away my blood pressure
medicine and fI feel great! Do what your doctor says! If you can't reach
him today keep doing what he/she says until you reach him.
— SLittle1
September 1, 2008
2X adult chewable vits that include Vit K and Selenium....
2 X Iron with Vit C as ascorbic acid (DO NOT take ferrous sulfate or iron
salts with RNY) I take carbonyl and got rid of anemia on high doses with no
side effects or toxicity like Iron salts. Iron is NOT a friendly vit! It
is highly toxic...Carbonyl Iron is not toxic and is well absorbed in RNYers
and other people who as they get older don't produce as much stomach
acid...like us...
B-12 500-1000mcg a day Sublingual is the only kind RNYers can take (Shots
and sprays included) NO TABLETS! Needs saliva to absorb in mouth!
Calcium Citrate 1000-2000 mg 2-4 times a day. MUST take with Vit D3 (and
magnesium is helpful in absorption and prevents constipation)... Don't take
Calcium carbonate. It needs stomach acid to be absorbed as does Iron salts
(ferrous sulfate) and B-12...This is the REASON specific vits are needed
for RNYers....I also take a B-100 once a week (mega high doses of all the
B Vits) for skin hair nails and overall immune system.... I take a zinc
daily too because calcium depletes zinc after a while ( I was near def on
zinc) ...But taking zinc on a regular basic depletes copper needed to
absorb iron...So I personally take 2 mg copper with my iron (copper is
WONDERFUL for skin too and has healing properties!)
RNYers also malabsorb fats and oils...Your fat soluble vits are A, E, D and
K...These MUST be taken in DRY form to be absorbed...That is why you need
Vit D3 with calcium Citrate (It is the DRY form of the Vit D oil)
With all that said...It takes a while to deplete your bodies natural
vitamin stores ...So your labs might be in the normal range and slowly
begin to plummet....If you don't get labs for all these vits at the VERY
LEAST yearly, and keep an eye on them...You could be like me and find
yourself malnourished 4 years post op and have NO clue why or what
happened...Just like that! My B-12 for example went from 1127 to 700's in
4 months...THAT is something I need to watch VERY closely....Vitamin defs
are no matter to take lightly...Take the right vits for your surgery...Take
them DAILY without fail. Watch your labs...DO NOT wait til you are
deficient to up your vits...Be you own health care advocate...KNOW your
body if you want to live a long healthy life...Vit defs can cause
irreversible damage to your heart and brain and major organs...and can
cause early-sudden death. You do not have to take all the vits I
mentioned...But KNOW what vits you need to take if you do become deficient
or low. Be aware of how vits interact or COUNTERACT each other. Such as
calcium and iron...Those two are not friends...
I also take a high potency Omega 3 as Krill oil (3 times a regular omega3 )
I am well after learning these things and being malnourished...I will NEVER
take my vits for granted ever again....WLS truly does have rules to follow
and is not only about WS...but becoming healthy too...A good range of Vits
(the suitable ones) are truly important to the RNYer and their her/his long
term health
— .Anita R.
September 2, 2008
Hi!
I'm sure you were told that all dr's are different have different thoughts
and opions when it comes to vitamins. My dr also had me start out with
flinstone chewables and he gave me a prescription for liquid
thiamin(gross!). I also had to take B-12 which GNC has cherry sublinguals.
I believe I also took chewable iron at some point. There is a website
called Bariatricadvantage.com which has lots of vitamins that are
chewable.
Now that I am 2 1/2 yrs post RNY,I take 2 multi vitamins with iron,1
B-Complex,2 Hair,Skin,&Nail vitamins,as well as 2 b-12 sublinguals at
least 3days a week,and then Calcium Citrate,all from GNC. Just food for
thought,as I'm sure you have received many great ideas. Hope this helps as
well. Good luck! Have a great day!
— debbiedoo67
September 2, 2008
My nut doesn't recommend a specific brand, she says she's never seen
anybody who takes their supplements get sick. You need a good
multivit/mineral supplement twice a day, with meals, very important that it
have iron. We need to take twice a day because we don't absorb nutrients
as well as before. Multivit/mineral with meals, I do breakfast &
dinner. Then also 800 to 1000 mg twice a day of calcium citrate, needs to
be calcium citrate and not calcium carbonate as we don't absorb carbonate
as well. Calcium citrate better on empty stomach and don't take at same
time as iron because they use same receptors and can only absorb one, I
forget which one gets absorbed. I do calcium mid morn and mid afternoon.
I take centrum chewables, am seven months out but have trouble swallowing
large pills and the centrum doesnt taste too bad (don't take centrum
silver, doesn't have iron). For calcium, I take citracal petites, they're
smaller pills and easier to swallow. Oh and you want a calcium that has
vitamin D with it so it's absorbed better. I used to take calcium that
also had magnesium, which also helps absorption, but all the magnesium was
giving me diarrhea, which is rare. And we need extra B12, my doctor gave
me a scrip and I inject once a month, just a pin prick, no big deal. Some
people do a sublingual B12, just make sure you're doing B12. Good luck!
— Susan C.
September 24, 2008
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— Fluffee
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