YES - the body can only absorb 600 mg a time of calcium - so if you're taking a
lot, you'd have to srpead it out over the day to get it in - I've also read that
1500mg/day is MAX absorption for calcium.

My endo tells me to drink and eat foods rich in calcium in addition to supps.

Julia

--- In apeced@yahoogroups.com, "juliap99" <richardson.jrr@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Vicki,
>
> I'm on 1.25 mcg of calcitriol/day (that's 5 pills of 0.25 mcg) = I always went
low on 4 - I've had to increase in my late 20's (but I'm also female)
>
> I take calcium citrate (better absorption) - 1200 mg/day (an my endo just
informed me that is the absolute MINIMUM for calcium supps per day)
>
> With this regimen, my calcium is a little bit below normal levels - but this
is where my endo wants it - she says that a little bit below normal levels is
the newest treatment protocol for hypoparathyroidism. So Ionized calcium normal
is 4.5-5.5 as normal and mine is at 4.3 and that is where she wants it. Normal
blood calcium is 8.5-10.0 and mine runs 8.1-8.2 - again where she wants it. All
my DEXA scans look great and bone density looks good.
>
> 4000-6000 seems ghigh for calcium supplementation. Is it carbonate or
citrate? The citrate form of calcium is better absorbed and easier on the GI
tract. A goodbrand is Citracal.
>
> Hope you get it all sorted out! I know the feeling of not having your doc
around and not trusting another's opinion! Very unnervin and concerning.
>
> Julia
> 28 yo
>
> --- In apeced@yahoogroups.com, "vrobson1" <vrobson1@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > My son was released Wed after two days in the hospital with low calcium &
potassium. His endo is out of town but another endo saw my son and put him on
double dose of calcitriol(4 -.25 per day) plus 4000-6000 mg of calcium. I am
very nervous about him absorbing too much calcium. Any thoughts?
> >
> > Thanks, Vicki
> >
>