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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*

Comments

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

Have you considered changing the form factor? There have got to be mix-with-water powders, or pre-mixed solutions out there. If your difficulty arises from the physical process of dissolving the pills, or from the binding ingredients, this might be helpful. (It might also send you into immediate nausea as all that stuff does whatever it does in your stomach as soon as it gets there, instead of once it finally dissolves...)

I've never been to one, but there's a local vitamin chain store ("Super Supplements") you might try next time you're in town; if you like what they have, they also do mail-order business off their web site ( http://www.supersup.com ), though the site isn't set up for easy searching of products by form factor.