Hashimoto's, Menopause and Calcium?

[librarygirl41]

Hi, I'm 51 and in the menopause so worrying about my bones etc. Is it ok to take Calcium with Hashimoto's? I've thought about taking Lamberts Osteogard but it has Calcium, Magnesium, Boron, Vits D and K in it?

Thanks

[jigaloo]

I am 46 and going through early menopause and have Hashimoto's.I am also vitamin D deficient but decided a after research and blood work that I didn't want to take calcium & bit D together.Too much calcium is not a good thing for your arteries but GP's cannot prescribe bit D alone , so my i sourced mine from Holland & Barratt.My bit D had gone up nicely on one tab a day along with 175mcg of thyroxine daily.

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i was prescribed Vit D on it's own by a GP but went over to a liquid Calc, Zinc, Mag, D combo as i have absorption issues.

Was taking calcium tabs for years and still deficient.

I've not heard of any reason why you should not take Calc if you have Hashimoto's so would be interested to hear what others have to say on this

[t3rcam]

I was prescribed Vitamin D on it's own but later discovered that I shouldn't take it as I have kidney stones which would not be helped by extra calcium! I haven't heard anything about there being complications when taking Calcium if you have Hashimoto's. I too would be interested to hear what others say about this.

[Jackie]

Hi It is never safe to take calcium unless your blood test ( corrected cacicum) is very low, it must always be in range as an electrolyte, essential for heart and high causes stones etc. If taking D, which is often needed , you should only take it with frequent calcium tests, to show if it is needed or not. NICE recommend taking them on a script together but it depends on blood tests, frequent for calcium, 3 months or so until D stable for D.D out of range horrible and can cause problems, calcium out of range is lethal.

Jackie

[LouisaF]

Does your GP test these levels? I was diagnosed with Osteoporosis and put straight on to drugs - no-one did any blood test and my GP said that as it was a problem for life, there was no need for another Dexa scan or any re-testing. I know this is probably misguided but if that is the local regime is there really a case for challenging it?

[librarygirl41 in reply to LouisaF]

Hi, I've not been tested, just worried being in the menopause and my mum having Osteoporosis.

[LouisaF]

I think that in an ideal world we would only take any medication or supplements after establishing our need for them. However, in my experience whilst it's difficult to get GPs to test for anything or consider the patient holisticly, they seem keen to dish out certain drugs ......and then more drugs to treat the side effects.

Rarely do GPs or specialists take a step back and look at the whole picture and then treat us in a holist way.