Yes they are all the same. The more you take the more expensive your pee is. Unless a doctor feels there's a reason it's really just the advertisers/big pharma duping us out of our hard earned wages.

Yes, just a regular multi from Trader Joe's - dosage says 2, but I just take 1 every morning with breakfast. I've taken vitamins for as long as I can remember. I learned long ago that super mega doses just make for very expensive urine.

I also take a calcium/magnesium/zinc supplement, and glucosamine for my wonky joints.

No.

I take the centrum for women over 50, I take vit d as I'm deficient in it and I take calcium and magnesium with vit d for my bones.

No. I never bought into the idea. I tried during covid, went through one bottle and that was the end of that.

Yes, every day. I don't like a particular brand over another. I also take fish oil, zinc, vit c, and calcium.

We've begun taking a vitamin daily since onset of Covid here. We haven't had it it but probably nothing to do with the vitamins. We've always eaten well, eat/drink plenty of dairy, taken a Vit D supplement on advice of my endocrinologist but not a daily multi-type.

DH will usually object to taking 'a pill' even an aspirin. I bought Vitafusion Immune Support gummies and he doesn't argue about those ;) This last month I changed to the Kirkland/Costco brand adult chewable gummies for better price.

I take Viactiv Calcium/Vit. D chews on doc recommendation. Used to take a basic multivitamin (generic version of One-A-Day), but they changed the shape of the pill and it often gets stuck in my throat so I stopped taking it.

Carol, how big are the TJ's tablets?

I can't swallow big pills, so I buy Centrum Minis for Adults. We eat well, but I struggle to eat *enough*. We also take D-3; me, because I've tested low on that. We both take extra Magnesium too. (I've read that our soil is so depleted that crop vegetables growing in it don't absorb enough Magnesium.)

No. My DH (the family practice doc) has us instead taking separate vitamins daily: D3 (125 mcg): V-C; Lutein (20mg); Biotin (10,000mcg). I also take Milk Thistle ((175 mg) just because they found a benign cyst on my liver back when I had my gallbladder surgery. I take it just to stay on the safe side (per me)! Plus we eat a good amount of veggies and fruit every day, pretty much no meat, although we do eat some fish. And, no wheat, potato or white rice flour, pretty much no potatoes or corn, no white rice, and hardly any sugar. I've learned to adapt because he says that it's a very healthful diet . . . but it's not aways easy or fun! So, basically, we take these specific vitamin supplements that work best with our (weird but healthful) diet.

Yes. I take either One-A-Day or Centrum. Whatever is available. The Women's blend that also has hair, skin and nail vitamins added. I also take D3 because I am a Night Minion. I take the gummies because I cant swallow giant chalky pills. I take Ceylon cinnamon capsules with every meal out of habit and I just started taking a turmeric capsule every day at the recommendation of our company nurse.

I get the regular Centrum Mens 50 + for SO. He does not always take them but says when he does it improves his appetite and energy levels so I wish he would take them everyday as he is supposed to. He does not eat nearly enough of anything to get the vitamins he needs. But I am not his mother and refuse to nag.

I take an Ocuvite (eye health) generic daily, because some early signs of macular degeneration were spotted on my last eye exam. Also B12 currently but don't know if I will continue after the bottle is used up. I do take a few other supplements, not vitamins - evening primrose oil when the hot flashes start up, tart cherry and (off &on) glucosamine/chondroitin/msm for my arthritis, Magnesium and potassium for RLS or spasms. The tart cherry is the only one of those that I take daily.

TJ's vitamins are approx. 2 cm long and 1 cm wide, lozenge shaped, sort of like this:

Like wildchild, I eat a balanced, moderate diet. But, i do also take Centrum Silver just in case, every other day, and B-complex on the other days because it helps my mild carpal tunnel and, well, as soon as I started taking it i felt better. I take D because I am deficient. I should probably take a calcium because I am a Nordic who bore chldren and breastfed. But, I like milk and cheese, and walk (is that enough impact?) so hopefully I make do with that.

Carol, thanks.

@morz8 - Washington Coast - I've been avoiding sweets and a few types of VitaFusion is all I'll allow myself for an evening fix!

FOAS, I have to remind myself they are vitamins. I rarely keep candy in the house but I do like the taste of the gummies. I don't know how many it would take to OD on a vitamin but don't want to find out ;) And unlike candy similar in form, they don't stick to my teeth.

I go least to favorite: fiber, men's multi, calcium calcium/D3. Last one is my favorite by far!

I take Bronson ONE Daily Men's 50+ Complete Multivitamin Multimineral.

I only take what my doctors and nutritionists have told me to take.

In addition to the multivitamin, I take Niacinamide (B3, recommended by my dermatologist to help fight carcinoma), B12, B6, Calcium Citrate with D3, Magnesium Taurate (helps with sleeping and also for the nerves in the bottoms of my feet), and Cinnamon, but the cinnamon is my own addition. My blood work indicated that I needed to take B supplements as well as the Calcium. I also take Melatonin to help with sleep.

Yes. I take vitamin D, Vitamin B6 + B12 and a Jamieson chewable multi-vitamin. I have a big problem swallowing pills so I only take small ones.

I take a multivitamin, calcium ( I have trouble digesting dairy), vitamin c ( i probably could do without I took it for extra immunity during the pandemic), and a generic osteo bi flex

I take Centrum Silver, Vitamin D 2000, calcium, B12, B6, magnesium vitamin C.

I also take a multivitamin for over 60 women. I could care less about a name brand I read % of vitamins and minerals on the label.

One a Day Pro 65+ and Vitamin D3. I don't eat enough, and what I do eat probably isn't very healthy.

Judy, just a thought on brands. Supplements are not regulated, therefore what is on the label is whatever the company wants and does not necessarily bear any resemblance to reality. I believe some consumer testing company said Nature Made was reliable compared to most out there.

FWIW, I take my multi in the morning, as I believe B vitamins seem to interfere with my sleep.

amylou -- Why did your company nurse recommend turmeric? I started giving it to DH because it 'eats' iron, and his blood tested way too high in iron. (If it went much higher, he'd be a candidate for periodic blood-letting.) His levels went down after a while, but who knows whether the turmeric was the reason.

She says she takes it for overall wellness, as it is supposedly a powerful anti-inflammatory.

I take Centrum Silver for (older-ha) women when I think of it. Vitamin D in the winter when I am not outside as much as during gardening months. I take a lot of Vitamin C daily (5,000-12,000mg)-have done ever since I saw Linus Pauling on Merv Griffin in the early 70s and he said he took some amazingly huge amount that I can't match.

Yes, plus Vitamin B12, C, D, E and fish oil,

amylou -- Thanks for responding. I wondered if turmeric might not be so good for younger women if it interferes with iron absorption. Until DH needed to shed iron, I wasn't aware that anyone stored too much iron, nor that turmeric blocked iron, nor that Vit C aids its absorption.

Thank you to everyone for responding. For those that take a multivitamin PLUS other things (B12, C, D, etc., are there not enough of those vitamins in the multi to satisfy daily requirements? So you need to take extra?

I needed extra D from my blood testing result,. B12 is for skin care, it reduces the appearance of wrinkles, C is for immune support.

Calcium is a bulky mineral. Most multi's only contain a minimum.

I take Nature's Bounty gummy Multivitamin for Women and also their gummy D3. I wouldn't remember to take pills, but their gummies are delicious. I started the D3 years ago after participating as a control in some medical research. The clinicians said that my D level was very low and recommended it. (I have very fair skin and have always been religious about using sunscreen and keeping covered, so probably don't get enough sunlight.) For about a year, I'd had what I thought was the start of arthritis in my fingers and especially my thumbs. Within days of starting the D3, the pain was completely gone.