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Posted 1/24/2011 12:41 AM (GMT 0)
I was wondering what you guys all take. I take 6 calcium citrate with vitamin D, 1 vitamin D 5,000, zyrtex, levothyroxine, birth control pills, prilosec(twice a day), fish oil, zinc, magnesium, a multivitamin, and now potassium, this is all daily, I also give myself a b12 shot every month. I'm asking because they just told me my potassium is low and now they added this pill. I take alot in my opinion and I was wondering if you all take all these. I was hoping with my colon healing that I wouldn't be so deprived of nutrients but now my potassium is low. I feel like I'm 100 years old not 31. cool
Posted 1/24/2011 12:47 AM (GMT 0)
Only recently did I start taking vitamins.
Now I try to remember to take a multivitamin, it's an adult gummy (Costco) and it's delicious so I look forward to it. I also sometimes take a C-B6-B12 combo.
I also take Emergen-C when I have a cold coming on, it's strong and I think it helps a lot.

I ate a lot of bananas when I was taking prednisone, because I would get the most painful cramps in my hands and feet if I didn't.

How do you get B-12 to give yourself in a shot?? My naturopath charged $30.
Posted 1/24/2011 12:50 AM (GMT 0)
I take calcium and vitamin D. I stopped everything else. Haven't noticed a difference.
Posted 1/24/2011 1:14 AM (GMT 0)
My doc called in the srynges, the wipes, the disposible container, and the b12 medication to walgreens. She said it will be cheaper for me then coming in every month. I've been doing it for about a year and a half now, the nurse spent a half hour with me and showed me everything and how to do it. I pay a dollar for my med and i get a 12 month supply of srynges, the container I had to pay for but it wasn't much.
Posted 1/24/2011 1:51 AM (GMT 0)
Yes. I take a whole bunch of them.
Posted 1/24/2011 2:11 AM (GMT 0)
I have added Super B-Complex, Omega 3's, omeprazole, and a packet of GNC's womens active lifestyle vitamins.
Posted 1/24/2011 3:07 AM (GMT 0)
Herbal Teas, ester-C(the better Vitamin C!) , Vit D every other day, Saw Palmetto. stopped everything else, didn't seem to make a difference
Posted 1/24/2011 3:46 AM (GMT 0)
I take a bunch of stuff, but I stopped Trader Joe's Hair Skin Nails support multi-vitamin and my fingernails fell apart. I stopped a whole regime related to adrenal support when I was on prednisone. Found that to be useless. Recently started tumeric again, this time mixing it with yoghurt. Calcium is the most important, I think.
Posted 1/24/2011 3:07 PM (GMT 0)
I don't take too much aside from my meds- a turmeric capsule once a day & a probiotic capsule once a day. I go back & forth with vitamins- I find a multi vitamin irritates my stomach, so I don't take one. I do take a B vitamin with Folic acid from time to time- I'll be good about it & take one daily for a month or so, then just up & quit. I did just start taking Candex this AM, & I plan to use it short-term to see if I notice any difference. I prefer not to take anything I don't have to be on- I take 11 pills day, my necessary meds, so figure my poor liver has enough work to do with those! Plus my bi-weekly Humira shot.

Posted 1/24/2011 3:46 PM (GMT 0)
Vitamins can be tricky because they need to be balanced. One exception is vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin. Since we all normally get regular blood work bc of UC then it would not hurt to get your D levels tested. So many people have noticed extra benefits such as reduced fibromyalgia, arthritis, etc., the list goes on.

A good multi might be Rainbow Light which seems very easy on the stomach.

Glutamine does not need to be balanced. It helps repair intestinal tissue.
Posted 1/24/2011 6:07 PM (GMT 0)
Whatever is in my signature, that's what I take wink
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