CitraCal

10026278
on 4/20/14 7:00 am - Canada

Just wondering if anyone is taking the CitraCal +D for their calcium vitamin?  I picked it up because it is a chewable and it does not say how much sugar is in them.  So just wondering.

NorthernStar
on 4/20/14 7:39 am - London, Canada
RNY on 06/25/12

Where did you find the chewable? I take regular Citracal non-chewable horse pills, I didn't think there was a calcium citrate in chewable form

*Lindsey*

Keeping off 133 lbs since 2012!

Referral to Bariatric Registry: May 2011   /   Surgery (HRRH): June 25, 2012         

10026278
on 4/20/14 7:57 am - Canada

Yes I got them yesterday at Shopper's Drug Mart.  I just cant see a reading as to how much sugar is in them.  I hope they are ok to use.

Robyn R.
on 4/20/14 12:23 pm - Bowmanville, Canada

The only citracal chewables that i have seen are gummies. Unfortunately I thought we were to stay clear of the gummies. Pls check with your center, I might be wrong or things might have been changed

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Patm
on 4/20/14 9:32 pm - Ontario, Canada
RNY on 01/20/12

I looked up the info on google. I would not worry about the sugar but they are the wrong type of calcium. You need calcium citrate not carbonate. We do not absorb the carbonate

  

 

 

 

10026278
on 4/20/14 10:00 pm - Canada

I thought the name citracal was a combo of citrate and calcium

Patm
on 4/20/14 11:34 pm - Ontario, Canada
RNY on 01/20/12

They state on their website it is elemental calcium. Not sure what that means but I do not think it is citrate. You would be best to check with your centre.

  

 

 

 

Katie M.
on 4/21/14 2:02 am - Georgetown, Canada
RNY on 10/18/13

TWH told me not to take Citrical - we need straight citrate, not tricalcium phosphate which is what the gummies are made up of. Try taking Citrical petites, they are citrate and a bit smaller than regular calcium horse pills ;) 

Referral May 2013 / orientation at TWH June 27 / nurse practitioner July 3 / social worker August 19 / nutrition class August 26 / nutritionist August 30 / psychologist September 3 / meet surgeon (Dr. Penner) September 20 / PATTS October 10 / Surgery October 18 2013!  

    

    
NorthernStar
on 4/21/14 2:46 am - London, Canada
RNY on 06/25/12
I thought this might be too good to be true. I'll stick to my big ole regular Citracals.

*Lindsey*

Keeping off 133 lbs since 2012!

Referral to Bariatric Registry: May 2011   /   Surgery (HRRH): June 25, 2012         

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