Iron chewable pills....... - ThinnerTimes

maqaria · 08-22-2005, 08:39 PM

Hi I will be having surgery tommorrow and I have a concern.......I been taking my pre natal tablets for iron and those are big pills and I know I won't be able to drink those after surgery, and to be honest it doesn't seem to attractive to me to have to smuch the pill......can somebody tell me where can I buy small iron pills that I wont hurt?........I live at the southbay area and I don't know where to get them...........thank you

mfergusont · 08-22-2005, 11:18 PM

Hello! Congrats and good luck on your surgery tommorow!!
I have been searching everywhere for chewable iron (and calcium citrate). I couldn't find any in the local stores. So I broke down and bought some from www.bariatricadvantage.com. I will let you know how they are when I get them. I think I got the berry-flavored ones. They also have chewable calcium too. I hope it tastes OK.
Again, good luck tommorow on your surgery. I hope everything goes well!

lealphachienne · 08-23-2005, 07:32 AM

I buy most of my stuff at Trader Joe's. Any drugstore will have iron as a seperate pill. Iron pills are generally small to begin with. There's also a liquid form available, ask the pharmicist.

LizardQueen · 08-24-2005, 05:27 PM

My doc prescribed me a small pill that I swallow with no problem and it seems to be working out great for me so far.