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What if you cannot tolerate any osteoporosis drugs?
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Apr 21 12:52pm | Replies (32)Comment receiving replies
I keep being told to take more calcium, but forteo or tymlos raise calcium levels. So I'm still waiting for an explanation of why it might not be better to reduce calcium intake on these drugs. Love to hear the science of how this works!
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Vitamin K2 takes out excess calcium from your blood after you have made it available to your bones
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On Tymlos, I had to decrease my calcium intake, because my 24 hour urine test showed way too much. I had three tests taking different amounts of calcium supplements. The only one that was even close to normal was the one with no supplementation. As recommended by my endocrinologist, I am trying to get calcium from food. I also have read that in Europe, the daily calcium requirement is 700 to 1000 mg per day, unlike our 1200 mg here. We keep getting mixed messages. My PCP pushes getting 1200 mg, because that is what is recommended here.