Table 3.
Recommended Postoperative Supplementation of Vitamins and Minerals
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Micronutrient | Supplementation |
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Within a multivitamin with minerals product
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Thiamine | 12 mg/day |
Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) | Oral or sublingual: 350-500 mcg/day Intranasal: 1000 mcg/week* Intramuscular: 1000 mcg/month |
Folate (folic acid) | 400-800 mcg/day Women of childbearing age: 800-1000 mcg/day |
Iron | 18 mg/day elemental iron RYGB, SG, BPD/DS or menstruating women: 45-60 mg/day Take separately from calcium supplements |
Vitamin D | D3 3000 IU/day |
Vitamin A | LAGB: vitamin A 5000 IU/day RYGB or SG: vitamin A 5,000-10,000 IU/day BPD/DS: vitamin A 10,000 IU/day |
Vitamin E | 15 mg/day |
Vitamin K | LAGB, SG or RYGB: 90-120 mcg/day BPD/DS: 300 mcg/day |
Zinc | SG or LAGB: 8-11 mg/day RYGB: 8-22 mg/day BPD/DS: 16-22 mg/day |
Copper | SG or LAGB: 1 mg/day RYGB or BPD/DS: 2 mg/day |
As separate supplementation
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Calcium | LAGB, SG, RYGB: calcium 1200-1500 mg/day (diet + supplements) BPD/DS: calcium 1800-2400 mg/day (diet + supplements) (as calcium citrate, in divided doses) |
Table modified from the ASMBS Integrated Health Nutritional Guidelines (29)
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Recommendation from the Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline (30)