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Quantity of medication Forteo pin administers with "one click"
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Mar 15 7:14am | Replies (36)Comment receiving replies
My blood calcium increased from baseline 9.7 to 10.5 for months 1-6 after starting forteo. Afterwards, it came back to pretreatment level. The most recent one in Feb this year also was high at 10.4, I think its due to the blood was taken 4 hours after injection. Hope the changes in calcium levels were as expected.
gently and windyshores: you both suggested reducing calcium intake amount could mitigate the increase in blood level. How much would you say is an appropriate amount of reduction when hyperglycemia occurs? Also, has either of you heard of adjusted calcium level and the usage of it?
Question for gently - could you explain your intake of calcium 2 hours prior to forteo injection? I dont quite understand it, since there will be a transient intra-day increase of calcium 4-6 hours post forteo injection. Thanks
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Correction: I meant hypercalcemia instead of hyperglycemia in the second paragraph
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@gently my calcium level was 10.3 before Tymlos (similar to Forteo in its effect on calcium levels short term). I don't eat dairy and during Tymlos, took 800mg supplemental calcium rather than the recommended 1200. My levels stayed the same.
Oddly, at one point, I felt my side effects were better if I did calcium an hour or two before the shot so I started doing that. I can't be sure it was a factor but it was an impression.