Question about multi-vitamins - Vitamins & Supplements Message Board

Karen58 · 11-01-2006, 01:15 PM

I just started taking One A Day vitamins "for women", there is no extra iron in them. I took the vitamin with my lunch on both days, 2 hours later, I developed a stomach ache. What would be in the vitamins that would cause this? and should I then be taking them on an empty stomach? I thought I had read somewhere that they should be taken with food.
TIA

JEM33 · 11-02-2006, 10:43 AM

I always take a multi vitamin with food, usually right after eating (lunch or supper). They can cause a tummy ache if taken on an empty stomach. Did you have a substantial lunch? Maybe if you had a light salad or something, that still isn't enough in your stomach. Maybe take the vitamin with your evening meal if it is heavier.