Vitamin question

I just received Vitalady's Tender Cal-Mag-D3.  (Calcium citrate 500 mg, Magnesium citrate 125 mg, Magnesium oxide 125 mg, Vitamin D3 250 iu).  The label says use 2-3 capsules every three to four hours.  This seems like a lot.  How many total do I need daily?  Also I am wondering I was told before that we can't absorb gel caps and one of my meds (Ursidiol) and the above mentioned vitamin and Vitalady's tender iron are all in capsule form.  Are these ok? 

You need three or four a day, for a total of 1500-2000 mg calcium citrate.  Well, if they are 500 mg per capsules, that's what you need.  Read the label to make sure one serviing equals one capsule - you might need two capsules to get 500 mg.

But take 500 mg at a time.  That's what the ASMBS recommends.  Take them a couple hours apart, and not with your iron.

We absorb capsules just fine.  The capsule part is actually made of gelatin and it dissolves real easily.

You're thinking of softgels, those things with oily stuff inside, not capsules with dry powder inside.  We don't absorb the oily stuff so well.

The label says 1 caplet is a serving.  Thank you Kelly :)

Sherri, you not readig the label right:

Amount per capsule	% DV
Calcium Citrate	500	mg	50%
(500mg yields 145mg elemental Calcium Citrate)
Magnesium Citrate	125	mg	31%
(125mg yields 25mg elemental Magnesium Citrate)
Magnesium Oxide	125	mg	31%
(125mg yields 75mg elemental Magnesium Oxide)
Vitamin D3 (Cholecaliciferal)	250	IU

This mean that one capsule contains only 145 mg cal citrate. 3 x 145 = 435 mg cal citrate. 

You need to take 3 capsules, app 3 times daily, to get mim 1300 mg calcium per day. More - if you need more.

Thank you Hala, I looked and you're right.  Thank you for pointing that out :)