Multiple Vitamin Capsule by Building Block Vitamins - Vitamin Supplement

As with the Building Blocks Calcium, I bought the pill form of this. It's difficult to take 3 of these a day with all of the supplements and medications I take. Soon I will be buying a liquid or chewable form of a multivitamin for bariatric patients.

Building Blocks Multiple contains a multivitamin & mineral capsule that, if taken daily as recommended, contains vitamins A, E, D, C, niacin, biotin, pantothenic acid at 100 to 250% the recommended daily intake (RDI), chelated minerals at approximately 100% the RDI, folic acid at 200% the RDI, major B-complex vitamins (thiamin, riboflavin, pyridoxine) at amounts up to 800% the RDI, and Vitamin B12 at 200 mcg which is 3333% the RDI, an amount reported to prevent Vitamin B12 deficiencies in the majority of gastric bypass patients.

FOLATE
Folate deficiencies have been reported in 20% to nearly 40% of bariatric patients. Folate deficits occur with gastric bypass because the portion of the gut responsible for much of the absorption of this B-complex vitamin has been bypassed by the procedure.

Folate deficiencies can increase the risk of heart disease, cause anemia, and interfere with the body's ability to produce energy. Taking folate at an amount 200% the RDI is effective in both the treatment of folate deficiencies and its prevention.