Guest guest Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Hi I believe 200IU is the pediatric dose 400IU is the adult dose. Solgar do 1000IU in three versions:- (£6.75/100) soft gels, tablets or capsules ~ palatable without too much calcium but maybe best with some calcium and magnesium of your own choice. I notice from the NHS Prescription pricing authority's digest of PXd medicines that they pay over £1 per capsule (500mg) of heavy (presumably) magnesium carbonate when light magnesium carbonate (food grade) is about £12/kg. Worked out at about £2000/kg in the capsules.....make hay while the sun shines... best wishes Bob > > Hi Bob/ > > The Adcal D3 (calcium) I have prescribed contains 400 IU D3 per tablet and I am supposed to take 2. > > Chris > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Hi Jane I have already replied but just re-read your message. Do you have Adcal or Adcal-D3? I have Adcal-D3 which is calcium and D3, the Vitamin D increases the absorption of calcium. Adcal does not contain D3, it is purely calcium. Chris > > Hi Chris; > Not very nice is it, still I managed to choke 2 lots down today. I was talking with the Pharmacist when I picked the Adcal up and she said not to take it near any thyroid meds. I also take Alendronic Acid once a week for osteopenia. [Edit Abbrev Mod] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Hi again; Mine is Adcal - D3 Jane > > Hi Jane > > I have already replied but just re-read your message. > > Do you have Adcal or Adcal-D3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Hi Chris; I would like to think that the endo actually looked at any of my results other than the tsh but he didn't. He never saw the bone scan results. The prat is just a prat. It was been my GP who put me on the Ad-cal - D3, actually I think everybody in the practice who are at risk of osteopenia/osteoporosis has been put on it. I had my first bone scan at 47 due to a slightly early menopause and all of my symptoms have gotten worse since then. it might be worth talking to your GP about the Bisphosphate. When I talked with my GP he said I could wait if I wanted but the risk is less bone mass over time and you will probably need it eventually anyway. Hey Ho, isn't ageing grand ! Jane > > Hi Jane > > > Oh I see, maybe mine is not bad enough to take bisphosphates, I am due another scan next year. Ironically my mum is in her mid 70s and her BMD is by far higher than mine. . > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Hi Jane It was the other way round for me. GP did not notice how low my calcium was but Endo did, he had the bone scan done and instructed the calcium. My TSH has always been suppressed and if this caused osteoporosis, I would be a powdered heap by now and Endo acknowledged this. Prat is the word in your case for sure. Chris > > Hi Chris; I would like to think that the endo actually looked at any of my results other than the tsh but he didn't. He never saw the bone scan results. The prat is just a prat. It was been my GP who put me on the Ad-cal - D3, actually I think everybody in the practice who are at risk of osteopenia/osteoporosis has been put on it. I had my first bone scan at 47 due to a slightly early menopause and all of my symptoms have gotten worse since then. > > it might be worth talking to your GP about the Bisphosphate. When I talked with my GP he said I could wait if I wanted but the risk is less bone mass over time and you will probably need it eventually anyway. > > Hey Ho, isn't ageing grand ! > > Jane > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Does this help with insulin resistence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 Hi Lizzie, Apparently, if your ferritin levels drop, you can be prone to it and have to can an eye on it- so I've read, I think I read this on stop the thyroid madness website if you want to have a look. So once you've got your ferritin levels up again your thyroid meds should work better (maybe your pains will go too!) and you might need a maintanance dose of ferrous sulphate. Glad your doing well -read your previous post! Lv > > >> My Ferrtin is back down to 26, it was 86 when I stopped having the ferrous sulphhate so I also managed to persuade him to give me a prescription for that. Happily my B12 has increased to 846 from 306 so that is a big improvement. > > My bloods were not very good TSH 0.03, T4 7.7 and T3 4.6 but he isn't aware that I am in the process of building my dose back up so they are not a true refelction of where I will be in a feww weeks time, however, he was happy with them and said if anything I was on slightly too much (yeah right). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 Hi Lizzie - seems your new endocrinologist that we had so much hope about isn't quite as knowledgeable as we first thought. Does he really not realise that low T3 can cause fibromyalgia pains. I would love to meet this guy and have a serious discussion with him. I would also suggest that he has a serious discussion with the senior endocrinologist at a hospital not too far away and find out just how much those with the pains of fibromyalgia who were on levothyroxine only improved tremendously when he started them on either synthetic T3 or natural thyroid extract - I am one such miracle. Doesn't he realise also that thousands of sufferers who have been a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome also recovered dramatically once started on a T3 hormone containing product. Don't shed your tears over him. Take your health into your own hands if you feel the need to do this - you can get well again, but like so many of us, are having the medication that will make us well completely denied by the NHS. This is down to the RCP, the BTA et al who try to make us all believe that nobody needs any T3 whatsoever, and that levothyroxine is the active hormone DUH! Luv - Sheila My bloods were not very good TSH 0.03, T4 7.7 and T3 4.6 but he isn't aware that I am in the process of building my dose back up so they are not a true refelction of where I will be in a feww weeks time, however, he was happy with them and said if anything I was on slightly too much (yeah right). He said that the thigh pains and knee pains I get are not a symptom of hypo and that I have chronic fatigue, so I though ok blanket diagnosis you can't be bothered to find out what is really behind the pains, I could have cried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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