Vitamin opinion please

[Peggy]

SO my question is would these be ok for post op surgery in 25 days!!



Nutrient 2 Tablet Amount 2 Tablet %DV 3 Tablet Amount 3 Tablet %DV
Vitamin A 10,000 IU 200% 15,000 IU 300%
Vitamin C 120 mg 200% 180 mg 300%
Vitamin D3 1334 IU 334% 2000 IU 500%
Vitamin E 500 IU 1666% 750 IU 2499%
Vitamin K 120 mcg 150% 180 mcg 1225%
Vitamin B1 6 mg 400% 9 mg 600%
Vitamin B2 3.4 mg 200% 5.1 mg 300%
Niacin 50 mg 250% 75 mg 375%
Vitamin B6 4 mg 200% 6 mg 300%
Folate 800 mcg 200% 1200 mcg 300%
Vitamin B12 100 mcg 1666% 150 mcg 2499%
Biotin 300 mcg 100% 450 mcg 150%
Pantothenic Acid 10 mg 100% 15 mg 150%
Calcium 100 mg 10% 150 mg 15%
Magnesium 50 mg 12% 75 mg 18%
Zinc 15 mg 100% 22.5 mg 150%
Selenium 134 mcg 192% 201 mcg 288%
Copper 1 mg 50% 1.5 mg 75%
Manganese 2 mg 100% 3 mg 150%
Chromium 100 mcg 84% 150 mcg 126%
Molybdenum 75 mcg 84% 150 mcg 126%
Choline 2 mg >1% 3 mg >1%
Flavonoids 12.5 mg 18.6 mg
Inositol 5 mg 7.5 mg
Vanadium 25 mcg 37.5 mcg
Per 2 and 3 tablets

Directions: For gastric bypass or sleeve patients, take 2 tablets per day. For distal bypass or duodenal switch take 3 per day. Otherwise, take as directed by your physician.

[kyal]

I know which product these are from and its the general consensus that those amounts aren't the best. In fact some of them don't even meet the levels recommended by the ASMBS (namely vitamin k). You can ready about the ASMBS guidelines for post bariatric supplementation here wlsvitagarten.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bgs_final.pdf

The amounts set out by vitalady.com are hugely higher than this. Which approach is best is up for debate but I personally would be more inclined to go with more is better until you know otherwise.

Kyal

[Deleted]

As a starter basic multi, maybe. What brand, who makes them and how much do they cost?

[kyal]

Those amounts are from BA's Mulit ADEK.

[Deleted]

Oh that one. Go a much cheaper route: Get a generic version of Centrum or Centrum Silver and work up to two of those twice a day. That'll be your basic multi and it will cost a tiny fraction of that BA stuff. A $13 bottle of 500 such vites from Costco (Kirkland brand) lasts me four months at that rate.

You're still going to have to supplement a number of things in higher doses anyway.

[Peggy]

Thank you for your opinions and yes they are from Bariatric Advantage$37.25 for 180 i was just checking things out . thank you

[mooney]

Thanks for this information EN.

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Feb 5, 2012 0:19:43 GMT -5 Peggy said:

Thank you for your opinions and yes they are from Bariatric Advantage$37.25 for 180 i was just checking things out . thank you

GACK!!! 180 @ 4 per day = 45 doses = $.83/dose? I don't THINK so. Or was it 3? Still too damned much money for a multivitamin.

[hoosiermama]

It thought I was supposed to take 2 of those...gack!!!

[Becky]

Not to mention they're absolutely disgusting. They were giving them to me in the hospital. I am supposed to take 3 a day in addition to 2 regular chewable multi's a day. I just smiled and nodded when they told me that and made noises like I had ordered them. When my husband made a run to Walgreens later to pick up my new prescriptions he asked what they were because he couldn't find them in the store. I told him not to worry about it because I was ordering something better.

[Peggy]

Thank you everyone i thought they were a bit expensive , and Becky thank you for the taste review ..

[hala2215]

If you want chewable - I use the CVS brand - Spectravite, Centrum Equivalent. With BOGO (they have the sale very often) I get 60 multi (monthly dosage for RNY ) for less than 5.
When I used BA I still had to add K and D anyway... and A... so now - it is the same... And for 4-5 a month (or less if you do not mind pills, and those you can get in Sam's or Costco) I get chewables.