Strontium citrate (Algaecal) and fractures

I believe that you are referring to this product:
Garden of Life Organics Plant Calcium Supplement Made from Whole Foods with Magnesium, Vitamin D as D3, and Vitamin K as MK7, Gluten-Free
It contains 6mg of strontium which is provided by the algae. This is a vitamin dose level.

Most of the strontium discussion which we are having centers around a therapeutic dose of strontium, research based level to impact osteoporosis; this is usually 680mg daily sometimes transitioning to a maintenance dose of 340mg.

Congratulations on moving to osteopenia from osteoporosis! I am considering taking strontium citrate. Do you mind if I ask what your bone density score was before and after? And did you experience any side effects from it? Also what was the brand you took?

@kathleen1314 Can you please tell me which product contains therapeutic doses of strontium (you mention 680 mg daily, transitioning to maintenance of 340 mg)? I would love to hear if there is one you can recommend. Pardon if this already has been discussed; I'm coming late to this thread.

I don’t remember the values right now. The interesting thing was I was taking prednisone for many years and I’m still taking it despite being on prednisone. I was still able to improve my bone density. I didn’t notice any side effects of anything that I took. I actually drew from two studies. The other study was in Canada. I did not take fish oil because it lowers my blood sugar and I have low blood sugar. I stopped taking strontium when I was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation because I was put on heart meds and I was afraid to mix them however, strontium is everywhere in the soil to greater or lesser degrees, so it is a natural substance. It has been postulated that, because we use artificial fertilizers commercially in this country, our diet doesn’t have natural strontium in it, and perhaps that has contributed to so much osteoporosis. Pure Encapsulations was actually the brand used for this study. I only used 340ng and it was enough.

Thanks for the additional info. I fractured 13 months ago and have not fractured since so I hope I am on the right path now. I stopped Fosamax 11 months ago, was off all meds for 3 months, then did 4 months of Tymlos followed by two months off and now on teriparatide.

Knowing what I know now, I would never have taken Fosamax for as long as I did.

That is very interesting info regarding the "sacrificial bonds". Looking forward to diving into the info after work today.

I was on the Inspire forum shortly after my fracture was diagnosed but dropped it when I was told (in very bold and insistent terms) that Tymlos would give me cancer.