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Why is it that multi-vitamins make me incredibly sick to my stomach? Even if I take one during or after a meal, I still feel horribly nauseated 15 minutes later. The Trader Joe's Once Daily makes me the *least* upset to the stomach of all the ones I've found (One-A-Day will literally put me straight to borderline vomiting for a good 20-30 minutes), but even then it's a slight nausea and burning sensation. Even the smell of most brands makes my throat crawl, which is bad when they also make me... er... burp. Doesn't help.

Can anyone recommend one that *doesn't* do this?

I can't seem to narrow down what it is that's causing the upset, but I think it's a B-complex component. Which is, of course, something I could probably use more of.

Now if you'll excuse me... *urp*

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[lirrin.livejournal.com]

I have the same problem with almost all vitamins. I literally revisit some of them after taking them, whether with or without meals, with adequate water, whatever.

The ones I'm taking now are HELLA expensive (I have a supply laid in from a neighbor who is a distributor) but...no nausea at all. Empty or full stomach, doesn't matter. I can take them and forget about it. They're Usana. (http://www.usana.com) Yeah yeah yeah, like Amway with vitamins. I take them because they don't make me sick to my stomach and because I actually do notice more energy if I take them regularly...which might be the case if I took *any* vitamin regularly, but I can't, because they make me sick...*heh*

Oh, er, Costco brand prenatals didn't make me sick either. But I don't know if you want to take prenatals. ;-) After I run out of the Usana ones, I'll probably be switching back to prenatals...my doc says that's what she takes.