Help! spacing out! calcium intakes PLEASE! - Osteoporosis Message Board

mbeth50 · 11-27-2007, 04:00 PM

I am having a real difficult time when timing my calcium intakes. I take synthroid around 6 am so I dont take the calcium after breakfast..I teach and cannot remember to take it with lunch..So I come home and have a snack so I can take 500 -600 mg and then if I take it after dinner its closer to the time I take th strontium. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH HOURS IN THE DAY ...Need to take 1500 mg but WHEN??? Perhaps I need calcium that doesnt need to be taken with food.....Is calcium citrate as effective as calcium carbonate????

THANKS
PS that should say Help SPACING out ......lol

phylwill1152 · 11-27-2007, 05:41 PM

Hi mbeth..i had the same problem with spacing things outs, but figured it out..finally. I too take synthroid early in the morning. I've found a calcium supplement called EZcal 1000 with D that is formulated to be taken in one dose daily. I've found it at Walgreen stores and online. The 1000 in that plus what in a multi and a good diet takes care of the calcium requiremnt for the day. I take the calcium, multi, extra magnesium and a once a day fish oil all at the same time, usually after lunch. Then the 2 strontium caps at bedtime. Calcium citrate can be taken without food, while calcium carbonate needs to to help with absorbtion. Hope this helps...take care..phyllis

mbeth50 · 11-27-2007, 06:03 PM

Hi There,
Sounds good but I thought I read that we can only absorb up to 600 at a time...So dosage needs to be spaced....
I looked at calcium citrate but I'd have to be alwasy popping pills with that too....still looking.................BUT really like th ideas of 1000 mg at a time!!

peppurr · 11-27-2007, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by mbeth50

Hi There,
Sounds good but I thought I read that we can only absorb up to 600 at a time...So dosage needs to be spaced....
I looked at calcium citrate but I'd have to be alwasy popping pills with that too....still looking.................BUT really like th ideas of 1000 mg at a time!!

I've read and been told 500mg at one time. Sounds like this ca supplement Phylwill is taking is "specially formulated to be taken in one dose". Maybe she will elaborate.
Mbeth, I'm going nutz trying to figure out all of this too. I'm taking the strontium at bedtime because it has to be taken on an empty stomach. I go to bed at 11pm and I like to leave 3-4 hrs before taking the strontium. That sure interferes with my TV snacks like popcorn. I feel like this whole thing is cramping my lifestyle.

ETA - ca citrate is just as effective as the carbonate. I'm taking a ca supplement with 3 kinds. Whichever one you take, make sure you get it with magnesium which is necessary to absorb the ca. Also Vit D. These are vital.

phylwill1152 · 11-28-2007, 05:46 AM

Hi mbeth and peppurr..i've read the same thing too, when i first bought the once a day calcium i talked to the phamacist at Walgreens and she told me that since your body only uses what is need for that day that the once a day formulation was ok to use. i don't know how it works, but my labs have been good and it sure has made my life easier.

I take NSI strontium and on that bottle is says it can be taken with food. Most evenings i don't eat after supper, but if i do its something light and i don't worry about the totally empty stomach. I do the best i can, but don't worry if i can't all the time. take care...phyllis