The thing about vitamines I HATE

oh i totally agree! i am taking herbal meds for my knees (severe arthritis) and you have to take 3 pills 3 times daily...thats just nuts! you are right in saying why cant they just pack it all into one big pill and be done with it?? its such a pain!

With the vitamins you get at health food stores or the ones that contain natural ingredients you often have to take them twice. I used to take them in the morning before breakfast and before supper. The ones like One a Day you can take once a day, but it depends on how good they do. You do not have to chew the vitamins, do you? I know if you do they are nasty tasting but it does says to swallow them and you can drink a lot of water with them. Usually you can get away with the one a day vitamins unless you are losing weight and then you need the ones that are natural because you might not get that much vitamins in your food. Also if you cannot eat the required number of fruits and vegetables then you have to have the required two a day vitamins. I know we do not get enough fruit up here and I am trying to lose, so I should buy the two a day, but cannot afford to get them.

I used to take a multi-vitamin once a day. I need to get back to doing that. I felt like I had more energy. I like the once a day vitamins and that was what I was taking.

I have the same problem you have...I can never remember to take them. I always get the One A Day and I seem to be able to keep up on them better. **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

Hi Sweets I take a packet of 5 plus a probiotic each morning. They all have something different in them and are designed for women over 50 so them have special things. xoxoxoxoxo

I understand when they want you to take it more than once a day, it's to keep the levels up in your system. But it's too hard for me to remember to even take one a day! You could always buy one of those pill reminders and leave it out, hoping that you'll spot it on the counter when it's time to take another one... :)

I have a hard time trying to remember pills. It's nuts when you have to take them muliple times a day. Maye the manufacterers think hey have to make the pills too big for you o get the dose you need. I don't know why, since ere are plenty of smaller pills out there. I'd start looking or a dierent viimin that you won't have to take once a day, or eve twice, if necessary.

I recently bought me all kinds of vitamins also and was taking them regularly but have not been doing it lately. I lost track of when to take them also. I was only taking them one time a day too and then started forgetting them. some of the are huge like horse pills also. I think they do it to make you buy more of them. I do not see why they could not make the pill to give us both doses all in one pill. they may want us to take them twoce a day just in case alot gets flushed out when we go to the bathroom also. that is just a thought.

Haha, i know what you mean i use to take vitamins too..Now i just take my morning pills and have added a calcium pill to them and im done...I got the kind that you just take once a day,those you have to take 2 & 3 times a day? I forget to take them too..I can hardly remember to take my regular meds much less those vitamins..

I have noticed that too. I keep forgetting to take them for just that reason. I have noticed that some vitamins are "one a day" while other "suppliments " have to be taken more than once a day. Why they can't make these in one pill, or gelcap with the total milligrams needed per day is beyond me. Like you say maybe it's a way to sell more.

Hi ElicBxn, I am also very forgetful about taking pills or vitamins..LOL! My husband place it in our bathroom so it is very visible and no excuse not to take it in the morning although, I am not taking my vitamins daily only when I feel sick and tired!

Vitamins cause some people indigestion or constipation or both. I am one of the both people. Spreading the dose out over the day isn't as hard on my system and my mom the nurse said that is why some doctors prescribe a smaller dose pill to be taken several times. Some manufacturers went to this also because of customer complaints of constipation.

I would think if it was time released, you would only need to take it once a day. Where did you get these vitamins from?

Dude... what if you take one big pill and reaction starts? i think i won't be wrong if i say that taking a pill at a time gives one pill to work in body effectively, one big pill might be an harmful over dose. you see that is why in a pill there is definite amount of various chemicals. Like a paracetamol is taken when u get fever it is not needed otherwise, one pill at a time prevents the need of next if the fever is gone. So is true with other pills when doctor asks you to continue for a week and then return for further tests later if it doesn't work. The idea is - Minimum dosage to prevent over dosage also this implies less unwanted wastage in the form of big pill when only a small one can do the job which leads to a lower cost! i am sure if i write more you will personally shoot me!!!!

I can't even take my meds, I keep forgetting taking so many vitamins all day long would just throw me for a loop.

I've seen the 2 or 3 times a day instructions too. It is a bit much and a little difficult to do when I'm at work during the day. I keep some vitamins in my desk drawer and take those after lunch. My big gripe about some of the vitamins is they're too big for me to take! I can't swallow larger pills very well - they get stuck! I have to cut them up so I can take them. So for some pills, I would rather take 2 or 3 small ones, versus having to cut up one big one.

The more you take the more you buy. If we ate properly we wouldn't need them. If our food was less tampered with. Everything these days is an inducement for us to part with our money...who cares about ethics!

It seems like they could come up with a pill that all you have to do is take it once a day. But so far I have not seen one that all you have to do is take one. Sometimes I wonder if vitamons is just a big business thing that the manufactors know that people will buy the product. It seems like there could be a simpler way of taking vitamons.

hi ElicBxn wait until you are older and have to take a lot of p;ills. I take three for my high boood pressure, two for myh'diabetes, and on for my arthritis, plus calcium, iron and multivatimins. so mayhbe that will make your own pill taking sound a little easier.lol.

Oh, shush, Penfold. You NEED those vitamins. You should take all you can! Don't THINK I haven't noticed you're still sleepy in the middle of the day! LOL! Maggiepie Headskritcheler Supreme-O