Are you taking a prescribed Vitamin D also?
It helps absorb the calcium, might help.
I can understand the hospital visits, I dont have insurance.
It gets very costly.
Thanks for the tip, I will go get some today.

I take Hectorol (active vitamin d), phoslo, four with each meal! ugh.. Magnesium, a water pill (chlorathaldone) and potassium..

Seriously though, the liquid calcium drink has saved me from having to go to the hospital. It's bubblegum flavored, blech, but hey, it works great, absorbs fast, and pulls me out of my calcium lows FAST!

GL!

I found a liquid calcium with vitamin d3 at walmart for 6.97 bottle 16 fl ounces.
Made by Wellesse.
It tastes good, works well
Calcium 1000 mg, d3 1000 mg

That stuff by Wellness is NOT good for you! It has sooo many additives that it contradicts everything. I had a pharmacist look at it and it's much more worth the money to get teh calcim carbonate oral solution!

I'm new to this whole hypoparathyriod thing. I had my total thyriodectomy aug. 27, 2010 and since then my parathyriods have not worked. The Endo's on my area just tell me to look for things with high calcium carbonate (they aren't very good at all, the doctors that is). I did find a OTC pill with calcium carbonate and D3, to go along with all the calcium pills and vit D pills they are prescribing me. I hate eating the tums, I am going through a bottle of qty 160 at 1000mg in like 8-9 days. I know my kidneys will shut down one day. I will look into the liquid carbonate you mentioned as walgreens is 2blocks from me.

Yes, the ER visits are crazy and killing my pockets along with $100 in medication each month and the doctor changes it each month as well.. I really dont know how to cope with all this. Im 27 yrs old, a wife, mothe rof 3 and almost done with my degree and finding it hard 2 concentrate and get my life back together.. UGH!!! i wish all you luck!

I take:
4-6 Citracal Max with 315 mg calcium each (calcium citrate is much easier to absorb than calcium carbonate)
1x5000 iu OTC Vitamin D3 (although I will be reducing to 2000 iu as soon as this bottle runs out since my vitamin D level is good now)
2 Reacted Magnesium with a total of 235 mg Magnesium

Calcium does not work without D. D does not work without Magnesium. I feel tons better with this regimen. My doc has been checking my PTH levels and they seem to be getting better.

I take 1500 mgs of Citracal plus Magnesium and D three times a day. I also take .75 mgs of calcitriol twice a day. I take one 500 mg of magnesium a day also. My PTH readings are almost non existent. The last one was 1.0. I have tingling hands and arms and sometimes twitching of my eyebrow area, and eyelids. This is a horrible disease...I sure wish a synthetic PTH hormone would come out already.

I have seen that they are doing some clinical trials for PTH hormone. Perhaps you may be eligible. I know how miserable I was in the beginning. I am grateful my parathyroids are recovering. I can imagine living without them long term can be pretty miserable.

Hugs.

Does anyone know of a liquid calcium that does not contain magnesium or soy? I cannot take a dry calcium citrate which is free of magnesium or soy. I have problems absorbing dry calcium because I have celiac disease. The doctors told me that I should not take more than 400mg magnesium because higher doses would injure my kidneys. I am allergic to soy which mfgs of food products just dump into a lot of foods, vitamins, etc. as though soy is okay for everyone. I would love to get liquid calcium citrate and take the magnesium separately.

I take Calsan by Sandoz. Works in 30 minutes to an hour for me which is way better than Caltrate Plus which is sold here in the Philippines.

I have a question for everyone. Has anyone heard about someone getting well from hypoparathyroidism?

I was initially on 9 tablets of calcium a day with 3 tablets of vitamin 11 months ago but I slowly was feeling better and my laboratory tests showed it, too.

Now, my last intake of calcium was a month ago.

Am I healed?

To Miguel Andrade, No, unfortunately I have never heard of anyone getting well of Hypoparathyroidism. People with this condition learn to find close to the right amount and type of calcium and vitamin D or activated vitamin D to take on a daily basis to ensure their calcium levels are balanced and they do not go into a major or even minor tetany. In my case, my parathyroids failed completely and so taking vitamin D does not help me since I have no Pth hormone to activate the vitamin D. So I take activated vitamin D (calcitriol .25mcg x 2 per day) and about 3000mg liquid calcium citrate per day & take more if I am physically active. Take care, Miguel.

I am confused I had a partial parathyroidectomy last august. my PTH levels are slightly elevated and they just now had me start vitamin D but only 800 IU a day.

did all of you start your calcium after they addressed the parathyroid? and these typs of calcium work the best or are dr recommended?

My biggest problem is I was told to take more calcium if I feel tingling in mouth , hands or feet. Bad news is that seems to be there most of the time along with muscle pain all over , headaches, anxiety, memory problems and just feeling yucky. I hope I get lab results soon from endo so I can start to feel even a little better. I calcium citrate plus Vit D and magnesium. I also have a terrible time with my bp, especially at night. Hope you get the help you need.

This discussion is great, I was hoping to be able to reply to everyone but don't know how to add a reply other than this way. Seems that liquid calcium citrate? Works well and is over the counter. Oscal did not work as well for me as calcium citrate but I have not tried the liquid form. TY so much for your help.

I like the Citracal SR which is an extended release calcium. It allows me to have a more constant dose of calcium and fewer low periods.