Supplements After Bariatric Surgery

Why you Should Take a Bariatric Multivitamin After Bariatric Surgery

After bariatric surgery, it will be critical for you to take vitamin and mineral supplementation. Changes are made in the gastrointestinal tract during surgery that affects your body’s ability to absorb vitamins and minerals from food. Prevention of vitamins and mineral deficiencies following weight loss surgery requires lifelong commitment, consistent intake, appropriate form, and dosing. Speak with your dietitian to find out what supplements are appropriate for you and your surgery. You will be instructed to start taking vitamin/minerals 2 weeks after your surgery.

Following Gastric Sleeve and Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass:

Ultra Solo with Iron Capsule or Chewable + Calcium (start taking vitamins 2 weeks after surgery)

• 1 chewable/capsule per day will meet your multivitamin, iron, vitamin D, vitamin K, vitamin B1 & B12 requirements
• 500 mg calcium citrate chewy bites; take 3 chewy bites per day, in divided doses, taken separate from iron (or separate from the iron in your multivitamin) for a total of 1,500 mg of calcium citrate per day
• Ultra Solo with Iron: Here
• Calcium Chews: Here

Ultra Solo WITHOUT Iron Capsule + Calcium (start taking vitamins 2 weeks after surgery).

• For patients with lower iron needs( <45 mg), this will be a better option
• 1 chewable/capsule per day will meet your multivitamin, iron, vitamin D, vitamin K, vitamin B1 & B12 requirements
• If 45mg iron is too high of a dose, you may be instructed to take 18mg of iron in a separate chewable (for post-menopausal women or men without existing anemia)
• 500 mg calcium citrate chewy bites; take 3 chewy bites per day, in divided doses, taken separate from iron (or separate from the iron in your multivitamin) for a total of 1,500 mg of calcium citrate per day.
• Ultra Solo without Iron [Choose w/o iron option]: Here
• Iron 18mg: Here
• Calcium Chews: Here

Following Single Anastomosis Duodenal Ileal Bypass (SADI)

Chewable High ADEK Multi + Calcium (start taking vitamins 2 weeks after surgery)

• 2 chewable per day will meet your multivitamin, iron, vitamin D, vitamin K, vitamin B1 & B12 requirements.
• 500 mg calcium citrate chewy bites; take 4 chewy bites per day, in divided doses, taken separate from iron (or separate from the iron in your multivitamin) for a total of 2,000 mg of calcium citrate per day.
• High Adek Multivitamin: Here
• Calcium Chews: Here

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