Vitamins ?!? Help!

Ok everyone, so I am a HORRIBLE vitamin rememberer and I know why.  I am supposed to take (2) Flinstone's chewables and (4) calcium chews per day but those darn Flintstone vitamins are DISGUSTING.  Does anyone take a small swallowable vitamin?  I know that I need to take my vitamins, but I just cant take the foamies that follow.

My centre doesn't suggest children's chewables. I bought the Costco brand of prenatal ones, many wls folks take them at my centre (HRRH)

Thank you for your response.  I also thought.....why not prenatal as they are supposed to be jam packed with the necessary vitamins.  But those pills are so large.  Are the costco brand smaller and tolerable of the pouch?  I was told not to swaller a pill larger than the size of a baby aspirin.

They aren't small, but can be crushed and mixed with apple sauce I was told. My surgeon suggests pills no larger than smarties. They are full of the vits we need. See if your surgeon agrees.

Good luck 

Annette 

I use the CVS brand, Spectravite Senior chewables, they taste like sweet tarts. I take 2 a day. The swallow pills gag me, you may want to check them out

Hope this helps!

Oh, and I use a pill box planner thingy that I fill once a week with all my meds. It has 4 sections for each day so I always know what I took and what I still need to take daily; and that way I don't forget anything. It's pretty big but was definitely worth getting it!!!

I'm sure Kelly will chime in here,( she's the vitamin guru) but the ASMBS recommends two ADULT multi vitamins a day.

Also it should be 1500 of calcium citrate, taken only 500 at a time, two hours apart.
Sublingual B12, B1, Dry D3, to help with the absorption of calcium, and iron with vitamin C for menstruating women.

Oh my.   Fllintstones are missing some very important nutrients we need.  Take an adult vitamin, like the ASMBS recommends.  Yes, I take a vitamin I swallow.

Are the calcium chews you take calcium citrate?  They aren't carbonate, are they?  We cannot absorb that.

Kelly -

 Thank you!  You say ADULT vitamin?  Which one?  As far as calcium, I was ordered to take calcium citrate (2 bariatric chews, twice daily).  These are super expensive.  I was not "ordered to take anything else like B12 or iron.

 

Any adult multi with 100% of the RDA of most things in it, including minerals like zinc, copper and selenium.

The ASMBS says we need 1500-2000 mg calcium citrate daily and since we can only absorb about 500 mg at a time, that means we need to take it three or four times a day.

The ASMBS also says we need iron and B12.  They say most post ops also need D3, too; I don't know anyone that maintains a good vitamin D level without taking pretty good doses of D3.