Anyone use this?

http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/optisource-post-bariatric-s urgery-formula-chewable-citrus-tablets/ID=prod403359-product #descriptionNamedTab

Their a link for the product.. optisource?
its available at walgreens i was just wondering if anyone has used it? i will hopefully be having surgery in august but trying to figure out the best vitamins... let me know what you think pls
thanks:)

The problem is that one tablet only has 25% of the RDA of most stuff, and we need 200%.  So you'd have to take EIGHT a day.  In addition, they contain calcium carbonate, but we cannot absorb that.  We need calcium citrate.  I think they are a pretty bad choice - I sure would not want to take eight multivitamins plus calcium and every thing else in a day.

this is a part of what Andrea U posted on her website about Optisource, regarding the number of these required to get the recommended 200% of USRDA of each type of vitamin

You can read her ENTIRE post at THIS LINK

The dosing is listed at 4 tablets a day, however this is broken into single tablet amounts for ease of.. well, whatever.  For the following, I will list how many tablets will be needed to get the ASMBS recommendations.

Vitamin A: 1875 IU as acetate 37% (kudos for using a good source)
6 tablets needed to get to 200%

Vitamin C: 15mg 25%
8 tablets needed to get to 200%

Vitamin D: 100 IU 25%
8 tablets needed to get to 200% (Note: we need more than 800IU)

Vitamin K1: 40mcg 50%
4 tablets needed to get to 200%

Thiamin: 375mcg 25%
8 tablets needed to get to 200%

Riboflavin: 425mcg 25%
8 tablets needed to get to 200%

Niacin: 5mg 25%
8 tablets needed to get to 200%

Vitamin B6: 500mcg 25%
8 tablets needed to get to 200%

Folic Acid: 200mcg 50%
4 tablets needed to get to 200%

Vitamin B12: 125mcg 2083%
1 tablet needed to get 200% (4 tablets = 8332%)

Biotin: 75mcg 25mcg
8 tablets needed to get to 200%

Pantothenic Acid: 2.5mg 25%
8 tablets needed to get to 200%

Calcium: 250mg 25% (as carbonate)
Not applicable.  We won’t absorb this.

Iron: 7.5mg 42% (as fumarate, not highly absorbed)
5 tablets to get to 36mg iron per ASMBS standards

Phosphorous: 50mg 5%
Not applicable.  Standard amounts are low.

Iodine: 37.5mcg 25%
8 tablets needed to get to 200%

Magnesium: 100mg 25mg (as oxide)
8 tablets needed to get to 200% (not bioavailable – this is constipation help)

Zinc: 7.5mg 50%
4 tablets needed to get to 200%

Selenium: 17.5mcg 25%
8 tablets needed to get to 200%

Copper: 0.5mg 25%
8 tablets needed to get to 200%

Manganese: 0.5mg 25%
8 tablets needed to get to 200%

Chromium: 30mcg 25%
8 tablets needed to get to 200%

Molybdenum: 18.75mcg 25%
8 tablets needed to get to 200%

Thankyou ladies :) I sure dont want to be taking 8 a day after all the other stuff we have to take  and drink.. Thanks for the feedback.. can you tell me what kind you use and where to get them my doctor gave me a list of accepted protine but not vitimans just said how much of each i needed to take. I still have a few appointments maybe they will tell me then about vitiman suppliments if not i plan on asking but im trying to be ahead of the game .. Thanks again

I get Centrum if it's on sale, or just the generic "one-a-day" womens at Walgreens. Take one at night and one in the morning.

I also take B12 sublingual (it MUST be taken sublingually)

I take a B-complex (one a day)

I take Vitamin D - 5000 iu once a day

I also take calcium CITRATE 1500 or 2000 depending on if I get that last dose in,

I'm needing to supplement with iron, but have had some issues finding iron that I can tolerate.

Have you tried Vitalady's Tender Iron?  I have been taking that and I haven't had a problem and usually iron is hard on my stomach.

Oh I keep meaning to order it.... I'm just in the blah's lately, haven't gotten around to ordering it. Will probably order it in the next week or so. Just had a few minor crises that aren't really crises but just keepign my mind full.

https://www1.bariatricadvantage.com/catalog/matrix?id=24325

Take a look - this is what they do afterall...

I think I've heard good things about Bariatric Advantage

But I'd caution ANYONE from the assumption that "it's what they do after all" means much of anything. There are a number of supposed "bariatric" supplements that are just plain garbage.

I use ENS from Celebrate for my multi, Upcal D for calcium, Sundown Perfect iron, B12 shots, and vitalady D, A and zinc.