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poet_kelly · 07-30-2009, 04:49 PM

Yeah, I think she mixed them up.

I don't think you can get vitamin D3 in a chewable. I take it and mine is really tiny little pill, though. It's not hard to swallow. You can get iron in a chewable if you prefer. My surgeon recommended chewables because he said they are absorbed better. However, I am on some prescription meds that don't come in a liquid or a chewable, and he was fine with me taking those pills. I am thinking of switching to a vitamin in a capsule, despite the fact that my doc recommended a chewable, because the chewables have been upsetting my stomach. Celebrate makes capsules for bariatric patients, so I think that will probably be OK.

I eat breakfast shortly after I get up, then take my meds and vitamins after that. I like to have something in my stomach when I take them because it helps keep my stomach from getting so upset.

Kelly

Crimson Kittie · 07-30-2009, 04:58 PM

I take a chewable 4x a day .... taking one now as a matter of fact

Corrine · 07-30-2009, 05:15 PM

You can get vitamin D3 in liquid form from vitacost:

fl oz - Vitamin D3 - Cholecalciferol - Vitamin D - Vitamins - Vitacost

This is one I've used: NSI Vitamin D Drops -- 2000 IU - 1 fl oz - Vitacost

Crimson Kittie · 07-30-2009, 05:18 PM

I was just on a once a week 50,000 unit pill

it was a small gel type pill and it went down easily ... now I need to go get more blood work and see if I need to stay on it for a while.

With my blindingly white Irish skin and red hair my D was rrrrrreally low even before surgery ... now it's nearly non existent lol

Shetaz0028 · 07-31-2009, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Crimson Kittie

I was just on a once a week 50,000 unit pill

it was a small gel type pill and it went down easily ... now I need to go get more blood work and see if I need to stay on it for a while.

With my blindingly white Irish skin and red hair my D was rrrrrreally low even before surgery ... now it's nearly non existent lol

Awwwwwwwww pretty kittie,

We are twins ya know. I have the same problem. I just had my D done and it was waaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy down at 12

. You know us Ire girls have to stay out of the sun or we'll combust

Corrine · 07-31-2009, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Crimson Kittie

I was just on a once a week 50,000 unit pill

it was a small gel type pill and it went down easily ... now I need to go get more blood work and see if I need to stay on it for a while.

With my blindingly white Irish skin and red hair my D was rrrrrreally low even before surgery ... now it's nearly non existent lol

Kat,

To the best of my knowledge, a 50,000IU gel cap is D2 (Ergocalciferol) (brand names Drisdol and Calciferol), and not D3 (Cholecalciferol). Most health professionals don't even know that D3 exists in a 50,00IU dose!

Dry form D3 is the form that we need and this is a good article about D3 vs D2: The case against ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) as a vitamin supplement -- Houghton and Vieth 84 (4): 694 -- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

I use a 50,000IU dry form D3 weekly. Biotech does one although the cheapest is from vitalady - I believe they are from Biotech but carry the vitalady label: Vitalady.com - Protein Supplements, Vitamins & Minerals and Safe Snacks!

GrayC25 · 07-31-2009, 08:57 AM

Corrine, you said "Your dietician needs to be aware of that." My Dietician should be aware of what exactly?

Am I doing something wrong? Am I taking too many vitamins? Too little?

Michie · 07-31-2009, 09:11 AM

Right now I'm taking a total of 12 pills a day. I've been doing 6 in the mornng and 6 at night, but it can be tough on my stomach if I don't take my time doing it. I'm going to start doing 3 pills, 3 times a day. That way it won't take me an hour to get 6 pills down.

poet_kelly · 07-31-2009, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by GrayC25

Corrine, you said "Your dietician needs to be aware of that." My Dietician should be aware of what exactly?

Am I doing something wrong? Am I taking too many vitamins? Too little?

She may mean the fact that you are taking calcium carbonate instead of calcium citrate. Calcium citrate is the kind we need, as it is much better absorbed.

Kelly

mistymee · 07-31-2009, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Michie

Right now I'm taking a total of 12 pills a day. I've been doing 6 in the mornng and 6 at night, but it can be tough on my stomach if I don't take my time doing it. I'm going to start doing 3 pills, 3 times a day. That way it won't take me an hour to get 6 pills down.

Be glad you're a young'en.. I'm up to 30+ pills/tablets a day!