Which minerals and vitamins to take with which?

[OldBroad]

I get that iron and calcium interfere with one another, but how much time do you need to put between them? Which vitamins and minerals are OK to take with the multivitamin? What other combinations do I need to look out for?

 

[DianaCox]

In my opinion, you do what you can within reason, then see what your labs say. The easier your regimen, the more likely you are to stick to it.

I don't take oral iron (except what's in the prenatal), so I don't worry about it. I take my vitamins twice a day, along with the rest of my pills, except for levoxyl, which I take out of my evening pill set and put on my nightstand next to my drink, so one of the times I wake up during the night, I take it, away from food and other pills.

I take my calcium, VitK and MgCit together twice a day, because they supposedly help each other get absorbed, and when I added the MgCit, my PTH number improved noticeably. Other than that, I haven't had any issues based on lab work.