I crush my medications. These were the directions given to me by my surgeon and was what was done when I was in the hospital.

As far as vitamins, my doctor recommended Flintstones Complete because they are chewable.

I haven't tried them yet (they should arrive in the mail this week), but I just ordered Centrum chewables. I plan to crush my pills or move to a different form for those that can't be crushed.

HI there,

My doc said I could cut the pills if they were hard to swallow but reminded me that the stoma was about the diameter of a quarter so the whole pills would do fine. I noticed with the large pain meds...Cutting them in half made them work faster. I had been using lortab liquid but it made me nauseated. He said really most pills would be fine but he too recommended a chewable vitamin. I use Centrum twice a day, a calcium chew because they are nice and swallowable. Of course I did not use them while on the liquid portion of my diet for 3 weeks. My surgeon also carries a line of bariatric chewables. I use vitamin B complex with B12 sublingually and I added a beta carotene with vitamin K as I noticed my night vision was having problems. I got a nice little gel tab for that. I am 4 weeks out and feel great. I am keeping my protein suppliment up however. Many don't but I think this is key. I am getting about 100 grams a day. 80 of it is suppliment because I know with the volume of food I am consuming, it is impossible to get all of the protein your body needs! Good Luck!

My Dr. suggested I get started on my multi, iron, calcium, and, B-12, now even before My presurgery diet. They prefer for us to use Building Block vitamins. These are bariatric vitamins formulated just for us.

bbvitamins.com

these vitamins can all (except for the sublingual B-12) be gotten in chewable form, this is how I use them because I don't swallow pills well.

The pricing is competitive for the market here, and they have a program allowing for discounts for larger orders.
God Bless!

Janelle

I ordered all of my vitamins (Multi, B-complex, B12 sublingual, calcium) from a great site. All are chewable and come in different flavors.

www.bariatricadvantage.com

Most of the time I crush my vitamins and add them to either my protein shakes or into some juice to get them down fast.

I got my chewable adult multi vitamins and sublingual biotin at the vitamin shoppe. I have sublingual B12 that I got at walmart. I went home on flintstones and after some research, i decided to try the adult ones.

I never did cut or crush my pills (although I only take lamictal and klonapin, and they are small)

I use the Bariatric Advantage brand. They are chewable and taste like candy. You can look them up on the internet. They are awesome, plus I do get all my daily vitamins. They also taste like candy

I have one horse pill i cut into 4, but capdules don't bother me...

I got a year supply of B12 and the needles to take it 1 time a month as a shot...was only like 30 dollars

I honestly in the beginning crushed the pills. However (and I don't suggest this)I stopped taking them and then I tried to swallow them whole. As far as vitamins, you MUST try Optisourse vitamins. They are made especially for people who have had gastric bypass surgery. The only stores that carry them are Walgreens and Happy Harrys. You take four pills a day and that replaces a ton of teh other vitamins. I only have to take 4 of these a day, Vitron C, biotin for my hair. I will try to find out a website that you can buy from.

Hi,
had to crush my pills from the beginning. I like Flintstones Complete. I found them to be the best tasting of the chewables that i have tried.