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Has your doctor suggested dosing for Calcium and Vitamin D during ADT?
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I just had my 3 month post-radiation checkup and was told I needed to see endocrinology for bone loss. DEXA showed >3% risk of hip fracture, and the BMP shows low calcium, in spite of me taking 1200mg calcium citrate and 800IU of D3. I believe most bone loss was prior to the cancer treatment, but prior DEXA wass 6 years ago.
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When you take calcium, you can’t take more than 500 mg at a time, anything more is just thrown away by your body. I need to take calcium citrate three times a day, 500 mg each time. That finally raised my calcium above the minimum for normal.
A bone doctor at a recent conference discussed the fact that anybody on ADT has to be on bone strengtheners. I was on Fosamax for six years and I am now on Zometa. That’s kept my bones strong enough that If I fall I don’t break them. I’ve tested it a few times, Not intentionally.