1200mg Calcium Citrate w/Vitamin D...

I was just wondering for those of you who have to take this everyday now where did you get it from???

I went to the vitamin shoppe today to get the things I was going to need after surgery and they only had one type of chewable for this...

I was told I would need 1200mg of this.. but the kind I had gotten (the only chewable kind) means I have to have 5 a day... hmmm... the bottle only has 60 in them...  and that's only a 12 day supply for around $13...

Does that sound right to anybody and is there a better place to get these from?

Thanks for any suggestions!

Well, you actually need 1500 - 2000 mg per day, at least according to the ASMBS.  Celebrate sells some that have 500 mg calcium each.  Many brands are just 250 mg, though, so you'd need six or eight of those a day.

Kelly

Blue Bonnet liquid calcium, 1200mg per dose, 2 tbsp daily, vitamin d, magnesium, fruity flavors. . $10.00 sixteen oz and it tastes good in several different flavors. Amazon.com or your local health food store.

1200mg per dose????  You can only absorb 600mg at a time.  You need to divide that into 2 doses and then take a 3rd, since you need 1500mg to 1800mg a day in 3 daily doses.

And that's only if it's elemental -- there's a very good chance it's 1200mg of calcium citrate -- not 1200mg of elemental calcium.

I'm guessing it's one of the misleading labels that's so very common in the liquid supplements.

Blue Bonnet's Calcium Citrate is 600mg in 1 Tbls Elemental

I used to take 4 tablespoons a day. That gave me 2400mg a day. 

3 tablespoons a day should be the min amount taken.

thanks so much for both of your replies... I will check with my surgeon about the dosage... I was told that from the NUT in my life skills classes...  and thanks for the heads up about amazon!

you're welcome! =) Take a look in your area to see if you have a naturopathic doctor in your area. My insurance covers mine. ND's are licensed medical doctors that also study nutrition extensively and do lab tests that are very thorough and wide optimal range and actually look at the results instead of just the highlighted abnormal numbers most labs kick out. To find out more about naturopathy, my dr's website has more info: http://www.sacnd.com  I am getting this test for my thyroid, http://www.thyroflex.com/drphil.html which my local PCP says is normal and has me off meds, although I was at 8 several years ago and put on Levoxyl before RNY.

I still say you need a good Endo that can do the standard TSH, T3 and T4 along with thyroid antibody tests and if necessary a thyroid sonogram and forget about a PCP and naturopathy.  None of them specialize in thyroid disorders.  They are all gimics.  Endos specialize in this and deal with it everyday.