Meds help please

[Jako999]

I’m on all the normal post bypass meds so those are sorted my questions is I’m on Adcal which is basically calcium for my bones I had cancer 11 years ago and now I don’t produce any testosterone which means I stand a high chance of osteoporosis I haven’t as yet but they give me adcal just in case. After having my new quad bits of pipe work I want to do everything I can to look after them, I know calcium is not good for your heart so should I reconsider the adcal tablets. I’m vegetarian so I eat good heart foods including garlic and so on but I don’t eat fish so I’m thinking may be I need some omega 3 oil is it worth it can anyone recommend a good brand and dosage please any other vitamin help or anything else to help please.

Thanks

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My advice is talk to your GP about taking any supplements in addition to your medication, to get the best and safest outcome for yourself. In my view no-one on here is likely qualified to answer your query, more so since your description of the 'normal post bypass meds' could cover any number of different drugs at any dosage.

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Hello I’m no help what so ever but interested in the answers you get to your questions, keen to see what advice you get. I tried to buy flaxseed pills for omega 3 but that uk high street health food chain said no as on heart meds but I haven’t done much research. 😊

[Jako999]

I will speak to the specialist and my gap but just want some insider info, the people who use these meds are usually the best gp’s are only really interested in licensed meds that make them a back harder somewhere down the line.( I know a drugs rep)

My current meds are.Bisoprolol 3.75 mg

Aspirin 75mg

Clopidogrel 75mg

Atorvastatin 80mg

My other none cardio meds are

Testosterone,

co- codamol 30/500

Adcal

Lansoprozole 60mg a day

Thanks

[Antique50]

I had severe osteoporosis in my spine and took adcal for 2 years and strontium ranelate. There is now a bit of a question about the calcium supplement and the heart. You can ring the Osteoporosis society for advice. I am still taking Vitamin D. Hope this helps.

[RevRog]

Hi Im also on adcal ( prostate cancer related ) & similar heart meds to you Had my bypass 9 weeks ago & the hospital pharmacist who spoke to me on my discharge told me to stop a different supplement but did not comment on my taking adcal so im still taking them but will check consultant when i see him in 4 weeks time Maybe phone/ email your Gp to check Roger

[wischo]

I was diagnosed with osteopenia 15 years ago and prescribed Calchchew D3 which I took daily. 3 years ago was diagnosed with left coronary calcification and had a stent inserted although little or no symptoms. I more or less gave up the Calchichew then and had a DEXA scan 4 weeks ago privately. The results showed normal bone density so now at almost 72yrs will stay off the calcium supplements and have another DEXA scan in a few years. This is not advice just my experience.

[Jako999 in reply to wischo]

Thanks I have had 3 dexa scans since my cancer and all are normal I will speak to my heart specialist as I have a post surgery appointment in 4 week. I’m a young quadruple bypass at only 55 and I want to do everything I can to help my heart and calcium is not a good thing it’s all about a balance I’m hoping for at least another 30years after this fix👍

[wischo in reply to Jako999]

Best thing is to voice your concerns and see what they say and I agree with you as there is a lot of articles about calcium substitutes depositing on your arteries and very few if any denouncing them. There are other treatments for bone loss should it occur and probably the best way is to monitor it with DEXA scans every few years as they are very cheap even privately. If any markers develop regarding your bone density then take action. To my way of thinking its a bit like taking blood pressure meds in case you ever get high blood pressure!!! senseless.

[Ostrich1]

I can only tell you about my experience. I was diagnosed with osteoporosis in 2015 after 2 breaks and prescribed alendronic acid and Adcal twice a day. I have no history of heart problems in my family and have a healthy diet and lifestyle. I had an Nstemi April 2021, totally out of the blue, and was told my LAD was totally blocked with calcium, and had 3 stents. Alarm bells rang with me and I asked the cardiologist and my GP whether it could be due to the calcium supplements, as since my osteoporosis diagnosis I had also tried to increase the calcium in my diet. No one would admit this but I cannot bring myself to take the calcium since my heart attack and my GP is happy for me not to take it. I still take Vitamin D but try to get calcium naturally from my diet.