Vitamin Patches - 3 month results

Sarahakers11
on 9/9/15 11:17 am - Culpeper, VA
RNY on 06/04/13 with

I started using the patches 3 months ago at my 2 year surgiversary.  I have had good test through out the past and keep a running list of all my levels.  Today I got my newest results using the patches.  Most items are good I need to go back to taking extra D and B12!   Overall it seems the patch is as good as my opurity multi was but the extra supplementation I was doing needs to be restarted.  I was hoping since I was not digesting it and it was over the course of 24 hours I would not need to.  My calcium and Iron have maintained fine so I wont add those back.  I am still waiting on my Vitamin A count

what I use to take:

Multi , calcium , iron (3 days a week as I don't menstruate much due to having an IUD) ,Vitamin D, Copper, magnesium, Vitamin A ,

Vitamin E,  B12, B complex

 

What I have been taking:

Mulit - Patch

 

What I will start taking

Multi- Patch, Vitamin D, B12

 

All in all I am quite happy! I don't have the hassel of all the pills or worrying about the timing of pills in reference to eachother (Calcium and Iron) and  since I hike and backpack a lot the space savings of just the patches vice having to pack out pills is HUGE!

 

 

 

 

 

HW - 297  start of Pre-op - 290.2   SW- 279.2   GW - 145    

    The Depressed Hiker Blog

A middle aged over the hump and over what "I'm suppose to do" woman, with the wild spirit and a nasty case of depression and anxiety!

iloveravens
on 9/9/15 12:45 pm
RNY on 08/13/14

Thanks for sharing your results.  I just started about a month ago...

Lanie; Age: 43; Surgery Date (VSG): 8/12/14 w/complications resulting in RNY next day;

Height: 5' 6" SW: 249 Comfort Zone: 135-140 CW: 138 (10/13/17)

M1: -25 lbs M2: -12 M3: -13 M4: -7 M5: -11 M6: -10 M7: -7 M8: -7 M9: -3 M10: -8 M11: -4 M12: -4

5K PR - 24:15 (4/23/16) First 10K - 53:30 (10/18/15)

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 9/9/15 6:45 am, edited 9/9/15 6:45 am - OH

Your results were the same as mine... Not enough B12 in the patches. I didn't have problems with my vitamin D level, but that's because I was already taking so much more than what's in the patch that I supplemented vitamin D along with the patch from the very beginning. I did the same thing with my iron.

It is encouraging to have others with similar results!  I will be re-doing my labs in 6 months rather than waiting a full year just to be sure my levels don't change with prolonged use of the multivitamin patch.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Sarahakers11
on 9/9/15 3:27 pm - Culpeper, VA
RNY on 06/04/13 with

I'll request 3 months again since they changed so much. Still waiting on a, e, and copper

HW - 297  start of Pre-op - 290.2   SW- 279.2   GW - 145    

    The Depressed Hiker Blog

A middle aged over the hump and over what "I'm suppose to do" woman, with the wild spirit and a nasty case of depression and anxiety!

angel91e
on 9/9/15 8:51 pm
RNY on 01/15/14

Where do you get these patches what is the brand name?

HW/217 1st apt/202 SW/191 CW/115

1st goal:140 @9months

2nd goal:130 @11months

3rd goal:115 @16months  

    

Sarahakers11
on 9/10/15 5:36 am - Culpeper, VA
RNY on 06/04/13 with

http://www.patchmd.com/all-products.html

HW - 297  start of Pre-op - 290.2   SW- 279.2   GW - 145    

    The Depressed Hiker Blog

A middle aged over the hump and over what "I'm suppose to do" woman, with the wild spirit and a nasty case of depression and anxiety!

iloveravens
on 9/10/15 6:20 am
RNY on 08/13/14

Use code pmd40 for 40% off your order (good until 10/30/15)...

Lanie; Age: 43; Surgery Date (VSG): 8/12/14 w/complications resulting in RNY next day;

Height: 5' 6" SW: 249 Comfort Zone: 135-140 CW: 138 (10/13/17)

M1: -25 lbs M2: -12 M3: -13 M4: -7 M5: -11 M6: -10 M7: -7 M8: -7 M9: -3 M10: -8 M11: -4 M12: -4

5K PR - 24:15 (4/23/16) First 10K - 53:30 (10/18/15)

kokosuggs
on 9/10/15 7:07 pm

I would love to replace pills with a patch...Does your Dr. agree with the patches?  jw  I'm just hearing about these..

    RNY 1/19/15   SW 238  CW 169 GW ??

        

    

    

    

hl1524
on 9/10/15 7:27 pm - Austin, TX

My center said they were too new to know if they were good or not. They suggested getting labs done in 3 months if I took the patch. Like others I still take a b12 and will most likely continue to take some calcium. It's still better than vitamins 4x a day. 

  RNY 8/27/2014

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 9/10/15 7:56 pm - OH

Thre is a lot of research in transdermal patches for medication, but my PCP and I have not been able to find anything on the effectivity of vitamin patches.

I am 8 years out, so my vitamin regimen is very stable (although I am having bone loss issues so am still working on calcium dosing), and I was on them for almost 4 months before I had labs done, and will be checking labs again in six months rather than a year, just to be sure.

So far, everyone here who has tried them has reported generally good labs (B12 seems to be an issue) and no one has reported any bad labs. Just be sure that if you switch, you supplement the patch with pills/chews for any vitamins where your current dose is higher than what's in the patch (B12, Vit D, and iron seem to be the ones we still need to supplement)

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

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