Celebrate vitamins?

I have been taking bariatric fusion and heard conflicting stuff so i was wondering if anyone can help me out. Wanted to try out some Celebrate vitamins but i don't know exactly what i need for my surgery type RNY. I have been taking a all in one so now i am not sure what to get? Thanks

I take the celebrate Multi Complete Capsules since they have iron in them and i won't need to take any additional iron. The only thing i take other than that is calcium.

What bad stuff have you heard about Fusion? That's what my bariatric center require.

Mine doesn't require fusion but they recommended it because of the all-in-one thing. I heard that fusion does not meet the requirements of calcium we need not sure what else.

Why does your center recommend Bariatric Fusion?  I'm not sure how they can require a certain brand of vitamins.

The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery recommends we get 200% of the RDA of most things daily.  To get that much, you'd need to take EIGHT Bariatric Fusion a day.  I know the label says to take four a day, but that only gives you half of what the ASMBS says you need.

The ASMBS also recommends 1500 to 2000 mg calcium citrate.  Four Bariatric Fusion only gives you 1200 mg calcium, but only some of that is calcium citrate.  The rest is calcium carbonate, which we can't absorb.

It's not that Bariatric Fusion are bad, it's just that you'd have to take eight a day in order to get enough vitamins and minerals, and some of the calcium in them can't be absorbed by RNY folks.

I am not sure. I just had my pre-op class and was given a three month supply of fusion (4x per day) and told to buy my citracal petites for calcium. They didn't mention needing anything else.

I am so confused...

I found this online through a quick search and I think I get it now.

http://m.voices.yahoo.com/comparison-chewable-bariatric-multivitamins-for-10808135.html

But according to this none of the all in ones designed for bariatric patients are very good. What is the regimen you take?

Thanks Kelly!

The problem with the all-in-ones is that you'd have to take a whole bunch of them, plus some things cannot be absorbed if taken at the same time as other things.

I take what the ASMBS recommends, along with a few other things that my labs show I need.  I take:

2 multivitamins (generic equivalent of Centrum)

1500 mg calcium citrate (generic tablets, Upcal D, and occasionally Calcet creamy bites)

75 mg carbonyl iron (Sundown Perfect brand)

B12 shots

That covers the ASMBS recommendations, but I also take vitamin C with my iron to help with absorption, and vitamin D3, A and zinc because my labs show I need those.

THANK YOU!!!! I am going to get these when I head out shopping this weekend. I definitely want to take the right vitamins for my surgery.