Bariatric AdvantageComplete Chewable Multivitamin - 180 Count, Orange

These chewable vitamins are much easier for me to handle, compared to the large multivitamin capsules from Bariatric Advantage, which were hard to choke down. A slightly chalky taste, but the orange flavor does a good job of masking most of it. Others have complained that these vitamins are very sensitive to moisture, and that is indeed true. However, most chewable vitamins suffer from the same problem. If you keep the bottle tightly capped and leave the moisture-absorbing gel packs in the bottle, you should be fine.

When you have gastric bypass weight reduction surgery, you're told firmly -- again and again -- that because of changes in the makeup of your newly modified digestive system, you'll have to take supplements for the rest of your life. Any decent practitioner will tell you this, and one of the many papers you'll have to sign will ask you to indicate that you understand that you've been told, told, and told.Here's what happens when you think you don't need supplements because time passes and you eat a reasonably healthy diet, and you feel okay, and you hate swallowing big, clunky vitamin pills: You wake up one day feeling ten years older than you are. You realize that it seems harder, for example, to go five or six hours without napping. Your get-up-and-go, as our parents used to say, got-up-and-went. A blood test shows reduced levels of essential nutrients. You're anemic. And your Vitamin D level is at the extreme low end of "Insufficient." It takes months of therapy to bring your levels back to where they should be.This happened to me, and a good general-purpose daily vitamin supplement was part of the plan to bring me back to life in the real world, which leaves little room for napping. I read widely on the subject and settled on these chewable multivitamins made specifically for (but not limited to) adults who've had some sort of bariatric surgery. While any chewable vitamin won't come close to the palate-pleasing pleasure of, say, a fresh, ripe (real) strawberry, these taste OK ... which is more than I can say other chewables. Yes, they're a little chalky, but they're not candy; they're vitamins, and the manufacturer has done a good job putting together a palatable formulation.The consequences of letting nutrient levels go too low can be grim indeed. Given that, and the easy availability (and now, affordability) of this product, we can choose a happier set of consequences.

I had my surgery several years ago but did not keep up with the recommendation to supplement with vitamins like I should have. I have been taking these and have a lot more energy now. Life seems more in focus for me. I like the taste too. I could probably too easily munch on more of these than I am supposed to take at any one time is the only problem because I find the taste appealing. Like the old Sweet Tarts in flavor, if you liked those. The 180 count size helps, as I was going through the smaller size bottles too quickly and had to re-order too frequently for me.Highly recommend!

So. These are chewable daily mutilvitamins. They do what vitamins are supposed to do. But, yeah, the taste is not pleasant. I got the orange, thinking they would have a citrus flavor. I sort of dread the taste, but I just chew very fast! Maybe I will try another flavor next time or go to liquid formula. Good luck!

Previously this medication was great, we had ordered it after my husband's gastric sleeve surgery. However, the Bariatric Advantage recently changed their taste and it is horrible. My husband took one of them and threw up. They just have more of a vitamin taste now rather than an orange flavor, like they forgot to add the flavor all together. I'm sure they still do their job but their is no way I'll get him to take his vitamins everyday if they taste like this.