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Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: 3 days ago | Replies (11)
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@mkoch I have been on Levothyroxine since 1996. I get most of my 1200 mg of daily calcium through diet, including almond milk. Knowing that the body does not absorb more than 600 mg of calcium at a time, I try to target 400 mg through diet at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. At dinner time, I take 2,000 IU of Vit-D3, 100 mcg of Vit-K2, and a 400 mg Calciium CITRATE (wich has another 500 IU of Vit-D3 - see pic)....Note: I only take the calcium supplement at dinner, if I don't consume enough calcium from dinner. Are you on a prescribed medication?
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@cathy: I get an injection every 6 months, Prolia, for osteoporosis. Each time, before the injection, I am required to get a blood test to ascertain my blood calcium level. Mine is always low, barely meets the requirement of calcium to get the injection. I have celiac disease and even though I avoid wheat, rye, and barley like the plague (an old-timey expression) the tips of my small intestine villi are damaged from the years I had this disease and wasn't diagnosed. So even though I follow a strict gluten free diet, I still have absorption issues. Because of this my endocrinologist wants me to take 1000 mg. of a calcium citrate supplement in addition to what I get in my diet. A friend of mine, who is also on Prolia injections, but who does not have celiac disease, was told by her Stanford doctor to take a 500 mg. calcium supplement in addition to what she gets in her diet to meet the calcium threshold because it is imperative that you get enough calcium when on Prolia. Otherwise there can be negative health consequences. Thank you for your informative post.