A "credit score" for taking your medicine? No, this is not a joke.

[AdminAssistant]

Color me ignorant but.....multi-vitamins are hard on your liver? Looks like I need to call my GI specialist again....

[Greenday]

you may wish to consult a health care professional about that...

Take doxycycline 2 hours before or 3 hours after iron preparations and vitamin products that contain iron.-ergo if your vitamin has iron in it you are not taking it correctly......point proven....

Hm, they only mentioned something about not taking heartburn stuff with it.

But mine isn't a multivitamin. It's for vitamin D as I was pretty low. I think now that I'm getting more sun out here I'll be able to stop it.

[Boozy]

Color me ignorant but.....multi-vitamins are hard on your liver? Looks like I need to call my GI specialist again....

My doctor told me that a basic OTC multivitamin isn't a problem, for those with healthy livers. However, knowing that you've been having some concerns in that regard, you may want to ask your specialist.

Some people with liver damage are actually prescribed specific supplements.

Ideally, people would just eat a balanced diet. Your body would much rather absorb nutrients from food instead of pills. I don't take a multivitamin, because I'd just be pissing my money away. Literally.

[Andara Bledin]

Color me ignorant but.....multi-vitamins are hard on your liver? Looks like I need to call my GI specialist again....

There are actually quite a number of vitamins that can be taken supplementally that can be hard on the body in various ways. Mostly on the liver, as it processes excesses that either could not be absorbed due to conflicts, or are above and beyond what the body requires.

One size does not fit all, especially when dealing with vitamins and minerals.

^-.-^

[AdminAssistant]

It may not be such a big deal, since I can take small amounts of Tylenol and drink a little. But I suppose I should check. *sigh*

[BlaqueKatt]

It may not be such a big deal, since I can take small amounts of Tylenol and drink a little. But I suppose I should check. *sigh*

rather than take a mutivitamin with stuff in it you may not even need(which would need to be filtered out and excreted as pee), ask your doc to check if you are actually low on anything, and if so find foods that have that in higher amounts(the internet is fantastic for that!). With a halfway decent diet most people don't NEED vitamins. Heck I only eat 1-2 meals a day and a small snack or two, and I'm low on exactly two vitamins-that's it-vitamin C(which is leached out due to smoking), and vitamin B12(I don't eat a lot of animal products)-I take the B12 3x a week and the vitamin C half a tablet every other day-so a 60 tablet bottle of the B12 lasts me around 6 months rather than 2.

[AdminAssistant]

BK, could they do that during a regular blood test? I need to go get my cholesterol/sugar checked sometime in the near future...could they do it then?

[FArchivist]

BK, could they do that during a regular blood test? I need to go get my cholesterol/sugar checked sometime in the near future...could they do it then?

Absolutely.
And also, as a recommendation, have them do a check on your thyroid as well. That is, if it's not been done before or hasn't been done recently. Even if you don't have a history of either type of thyroidism in your family, it does not hurt to make sure.