when to start supplements?

[Guest guest]

Do you recommend to start supplements (especially multi and calcium)

right after surgery or is it advisable to wait 1-2 weeks? Thanks

-Dara

[Guest guest]

We start a chewable multivitamin when the patient returns home and wait 2 weeks to begin calcium. Anne

Anne Marquart, MS, RD, LD

Bariatric Dietitian

Weight Loss Surgery Center

Northwest Medical Center-Springdale

amarquart@...

(479)757-3182

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of darabergenSent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 11:01 AM Subject: when to start supplements?

Do you recommend to start supplements (especially multi and calcium)right after surgery or is it advisable to wait 1-2 weeks? Thanks-Dara