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How do people get on with cinacalcet. It makes my wife quite sick. She has primary hypothyroidism.

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Apparently it is a medication to reduce calcium. We are in Scotland. She has been in hospital twice because of high calcium.

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bantam12 in reply toReedloch

My husband takes it as he has secondary hyperparathyroidism, doesn't cause him any problems.

Tht is not a thyroid hormone or anything to do with the thyroid - it is prescribed for parathyroid problems to decrease calcium. In spite of the name, the parathyoid gland and completely different from the thyroid. You'd do better asking on a forum dedicated to parathyroid problems.

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