Re: : RE: swallowing the biggies...Re: Vitamin Question

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In a message dated 8/10/01 2:25:26 PM, duodenalswitch writes:

<< The Calcium Citrate tablets that I take are big. So is the

multivitamin tablet that I take. Normally, I swallow about a

tablespoonful of tablets (calcium, multivitamin, Actigal, etc.) all

at once. Last weekend, I didn't aim them all right, I guess, because

one of those biggies stuck in my throat on the way down and wouldn't

dislodge, no matter how much I drank (and drank). It was also mildly

painful, and, understandably, a bit worrisome.

>>

Steve, I agree - those citrates are HORSE pills. I know that Twinlabs (I

think?) makes a liquid calcium citrate (this is NOT to be confused with the

liquid calcium derived from oyster shells - this is CITRATE in liquid form).

I've also heard some people taking citrate wafers (tastes like Sweet Tarts,

which is appealing to me, anyway LOL).

I don't know how easy these products are to obtain - I think one may have to

go to a health/nutrition store. I haven't seen them in regular drug stores

around here.

Thanks for the cake and ice cream tip. I, too, have had those citrates

threaten to go down the 'wrong way' and stab my esophogus.

all the best,

lap ds with gallbladder removal

January 25, 2001

Dr. Gagner/Mt. Sinai/NYC

six months post-op and still feelin' fabu!

pre-op: 307 lbs/bmi 45

Now: 228 (stuck there for awhile, I'm afraid)