Pain from calcium? - Vitamins & Supplements Message Board

mitchiesmom · 05-04-2006, 06:08 AM

I started my teenage son on calcium supplements last night and he woke up this morning complaining of burning in his stomache. He took 600 mg of calcium carbonate w/vitamin D, but he did not take it with food as I had directed him. Do you think the burning pain is from not taking the calcium with food or is he just intolerable to this type of calcium?

liverock · 05-04-2006, 09:50 AM

mitchiesmom,

More than likely he suffered because of taking the calcium without food. I presume you gave him the calcium because of some bone problem or pains.

Calcium should always be taken with a half dose level of magnesium, i.e 600mg calcium with 300mg magnesium to ensure that the calcium is laid down in the bones otherwise the calcium can become lodged in the soft tissues such as arteries, heart, liver and kidneys and cause problems. Some people say you should take the calcium seperate from the magnesium but I dont think it makes much difference.
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mitchiesmom · 05-04-2006, 01:24 PM

I gave him the calcium supplement because his regular multi vitamin doesn't have enough calcium in it. From all that I've read, teens can benefit from calcium supplements as well. I didn't buy the type of calcium that has extra magnesium in it, but I find this whole supplement issue so confusing. Some say it should be taken with magnesium and others say Vitamin D. How in the world does one know what is right???

6foot3 · 05-04-2006, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mitchiesmom

I gave him the calcium supplement because his regular multi vitamin doesn't have enough calcium in it. From all that I've read, teens can benefit from calcium supplements as well. I didn't buy the type of calcium that has extra magnesium in it, but I find this whole supplement issue so confusing. Some say it should be taken with magnesium and others say Vitamin D. How in the world does one know what is right???

Calcium always should be taken with some type of food so it will be absorbed in the small intestine. Yes Calcium should be taken with Magnesium and Vitamin-D as these help activate Calcium once inside the body and i personally think the Citrates are the best absorbable..i.e. Calcium/Magnesium Citrate.....

mitchiesmom · 05-04-2006, 06:18 PM

I may switch to calcium citrate anyway. I've noticed some bowel problems today and I've only been taking it two days. I think I read somewhere that the calcium carbonate can cause these types of problems as well.