Bariatric Vitamins

I use Sundown Perfect Iron which is carbonyl iron.

Thanks so much for the info! Can I find these at any major stores?

I've found it at Meijer and RiteAid.  However, I often get it cheaper from drugstore.com.

I really do appreciate the info Kelly! =)

I'm 12 days post-op so I'm still on chewable vitamins, and I got the CELEBRATE brand, and ordered it off ebay for their chelated multivitamin and calcium.

I take Centrum Silver and I wait for them to go on sale and use coupons with the sale price as well. I buy Perfect Iron from Sundown. Meijer is great about buy one get one free on their vitamin sales. I buy my B 12 the same way. Yesterday I got Natures Bounty brand. It was a BOGO sale plus I had a $3 coupon. I buy Citrical Petites for calcium. A little pricey but again I wait for sales and coupons and stock up. Walgreens has their own version of this and sometimes you can get a in store coupon for their brand. The d3 has been a hard one. You can't find the dosage we need in the regular store. Right now I'm buying a higher dose one from Unjury when I buy my protein powder but I am planning on getting the high dose one Kelly talks about from the Vitamin Lady. I think I covered all the vitamins I take and BTW I take to Centrum Silvers a day. One in the morning and one in the evening. Oh, I also forgot to mention the Vitamin C I take with my iron. Another one that can be found BOGO and use coupons. I know it sounds overwhelming but it's doable and kind of fun to watch for the sales and coupons.

If you can swallow pills, there is no need to be on a chewable. So for me I never did a chewable. I take:

2 Nature made multi completes(300 tablets for 11.99 at BJ or on sale for B1G1 free at CVS)

5,000 units of dry vitamin D(bariatric Advantage cost me 7.00 for 60 at doctors office)

b 12(from Walmart is about 4.00 for 60)

b complex(from Walmart), Biotin(target for about 4.00)

3 doses of Calcium citrate with magnesium (from CVS, love it when they go on sale for B1G1 free, so 300 tablets for 12.00)

at night I take 100 mg of perfect iron by Sundown Natures(run about 5.00), and 1000mg of vitamin C from Spring valley.

I have been on Flintstones Chewables (yes I know others will think that's terrible but it works for me and at 12 yrs out my labs are good.) I use them or the generic equivalent and have never had a problem. If the pricetag on "bariatric" vitamins is hard for you to swallow - find the generic equivalent. There are other vits out there that are just as good but they're not cashing in on the bariatric name. We don't need expensive vitamins to survive post op - we just need vitamins that work. My vitamins run $5-$12 a month with the Multi, sublingual B-12 and Calcium. I take Vitron C for Iron when I need it, but that's not too often. Check with the pharmacist at your local store - they are full of good info and he/she can steer you in the right direction for vitamins that won't cost a fortune.

Jen 12 yrs post op RNY

There are a lot of surgery nazis that will get on your case for anything and everything, I've found. My surgeon's office recommends Flinstones completes for their patients. Personally, I only made it 2 weeks before I was going to barf if I ate more of them lol. I can't wait until I can take pills instead!

 

I stick with bariatric advantage from my doctors office they sell them in 90 day supplies and 30 day supplies so it's not bad if you figure the monthly cost out. I worry that I'm not taking the right stuff so with them I don't have to worry