calcium tabs

[barny]

hi i take 2 calcum tablets evrey day and one for my bones weakly but that one i have gluton type symtoms the day i take that one but am fine the rest of week

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I find calcium tricky - some give me migraines, some the runs, and some make me feel generally yuk. Try a different brand for the weekly one and see if that helps.

[barny]

hi thanks a lot have them on pescription though so will see my doc xx

[MaryDB]

Ii think you will find that the one weekly isn't calcium but alendronic acid - the one where you have to stay upright for half an hour after taking it as that's what I take with my 2 a day calcium. It isn't a calcium tablet but can give stomach problems. Best to ask the Doc.

[Irene Administrator in reply to MaryDB]

Thanks MaryDB. We haven't experiened these. Here's link to details of the drug and what to look out for

patient.co.uk/medicine/Alen...

[MaryDB]

Glad I might have been of some help. Have been on them since my osteoporosis scan result. Wasn't diagnosed with CD until | was gone 70 so the osteoporosis had a good start!

[barny]

ty i will but its only happened since i was diagnosed 18months ago have been taking them for 10yrs lol i have to take them for that too xxwill ask xx

[Elspeth]

the calcium tablets upset my stomach a bit and I read somewhere that it might be the artificial sweeteners used in them because once you have one intolerance you sometimes develop others! Do diet drinks upset you at all? I find that diet coke gives me a sore stomach and head. xx

[barny]

hiya yes fizzy drinks do carnt drink coke at all all i can drink is lemonade lol so stick to that aslso orange fresh drink does to aint kiddin pest when you like them x

and yea i have a sweet taste with the cacium tabs

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Hi all. My doctor put me on a yearly infusion of alendronic acid called zometa. After 2 infusions I had side effects of extra bone growth on my mandible that had to be surgically removed. I also now cannot have any teeth extracted because of possible side affects of the jaw bone. Are the tablets the same I wonder? Might be worth some research. The infusion is now banned where I live.

[barny]

aw right will look into it xx