An Article Every WLS Patient Should Read

There's an article published in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy about how medications and nutrients are malabsorbed after weight loss surgery - gastric bypass specifically. I found this article while doing some research on how calcium is absorbed in a patient with no stomach acid. But this article contains so much great information about our new digestive system that I think every WLS patient should read it. I also think every doctor needs to read this article as well. I'll be taking a copy of it to my PCP at my next appointment in a few weeks.

Medication and Nutrient
Administration Considerations after Gastric Bypass 

Click the link near the top of the page that says
"manual download" and the PDF version will appear. 

So go read it. Print it. Keep it as a reference. Share it with others and share it with your doc.

~Pam