Help! How Much Do I Take?
Vitamin Regimen - BASIC plan
(Add to this based on your particular lab work)
30g of protein supplement made in water, 3 to 6 times per day, no milk, no sugar.
AND 64 oz of water - minimum
This vitamin schedule is just a suggestion. You can take them any way you wish as long as you follow the rules listed below. Since the rules can be complicated, many people wanted a good place to start. That is why this schedule was created.
I find it a good idea to put the vitamins all out in a pill case for the week. Then I can see what I have taken, or if I have missed something. My pill case has sections for 7 days.... 4 sections for each day...
AM:
2 iron (25 mg each) Ferrous FUMERATE, Carbonyl iron, or elemental iron
Vitamin C (1000mg) ascorbic acid with rosehips
Mid-day:
Calcium CITRATE (500mg) with Vit D and MAgnesium (250mg)
Vitamin E (400IU E a-alpha tocopheryl sucinate)
1 multi-vitamin
Evening:
Calcium CITRATE (500mg) with Vitamin D and Magnesium (250mg)
Zinc (50mg zinc gluconate, chelated)
1 Vitamin A&D (10,000 IU Vitamin A & 400 IU Vitamin D3)
Bedtime:
Calcium CITRATE (500mg) with Vitamin D and Magnesium (250mg)
1 multi-vitamin
1 sublingual B-12 daily (cobalamin concentrate)
or monthly B-12 injection
B Complex tabs daily, are also suggested, especially for energy.
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* multi-vitamins: (equal to Centrum)
vitamin A 5000 IU, 25% as beta-carotene, vitamin C 120mg, vitamin D 400IU, vitamin E 60IU, thiamin (B1) 1.5mg, Riboflavin (B2) 1.7mg, Niacin (B3) 20mg, Riboflavin (B6) 2mg, Folate (folic acid) 400mcg, B12 6mcg, biotin 30 mcg, pantothenic acid 10mcg, calcium 162mg, iron 18mg (ferrous fumarate), phosphorus 100mg, iodine 150mg, magnesium 100mg, zinc 22.5mg, copper 3mg, selenium 45mcg, manganese 2.5mg, chromium 120mcg, molybdenum 75mcg, chloride 72mg, potassium 80mg, silicon 2mg, boron 150mcg, tin 10mcg, vanadium 10mcg, nickel 5mcg, lutein 275mcg
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Some rules for vitamin supplements:
IRON.............
Take iron (ferrous FUMERATE only, NOT ferrous SULFATE!)
Iron is NOT a friendly vitamin. Take iron ALONE, NOT with other meds, juice, dairy products, calcium, etc....ALONE (ok with Vitamin C only), or it will be useless. We have a VERY hard time absorbing iron, so this is very important!
CALCIUM..........
Take Calcium CITRATE, NOT Calcium Carbonate. Not Tums (This is carbonate). We do not absorb the carbonate! There are some other types we do absorb one is elemental calcium. Remember.... do not take it with iron. Calcium also needs Vitamin D and Magnesium to work. If your calcium does not have these in the tablet, then you must add Magnesium and more Vitamin D also.
Multi-vitamins.…....
You should use a multi vitamin that is equivalent to Centrum (See above for a description*). You will need to take 2 of these instead of 1 as we only absorb about 50% at most.
Vitamins A, D, E and zinc and C (and any others you may add)..…....
Use only dry tablets....we do not absorb anything in an oil type gel cap, or ones that are enteric coated, or time-release versions.
B-12 injections.... you can get a prescription from your primary doctor for a vial of B-12 that will give you about 30 injections. The B-12 is quite inexpensive. I paid under $4 for the vial, and that was regular price (less than my co pay would have been.)
If you don't like injections, you can use the B-12 sublingual. They melt under your tongue like nitroglycerin tabs for heart patients. You can get them many places, including GNC stores. If you choose the sublingual, you will need to take them daily, whereas the injections are monthly.
Remember, these are the BASICS. If your lab work shows drops in any areas, then these amounts will have to be adjusted.
Some additions...
Problems with hair loss or brittle nails.... add Biotin
Problems absorbing Calcium...add Boron
Problems absorbing iron.........add Copper
** Remember this is my schedule and may not be condusive to your surgeons protocol, it will give you an idea of what , when and why . **
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I don't know what is causing it, but between two of the scars, I have a lot of pain and when I roll over it feels like someone is putting a knife through me there. Hopefully, they'll be able to give me something a little stronger than the tylenol and lodiene, but not quite the strength of percocet. The girls are coming back from their vacation today, so I don't want something that will make me all loopy. BECCA
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