Calcium Citrate question -

[tko7 0]

Hi,

My surgeon wants me to take Calcium citrate daily, but the two brands I've bought so far are large pills. Evening breaking them in half is very difficult to go down.

Would anyone mind sharing the brand you are using that is working for you?

Thanks so much!

[stateofzen 46]

Citracel + Vitamin D petites. They still aren't tiny, but much smaller than my regular Calcium supplement. I cut them in half.

[JanB23 23]

Buy chewable ones, ask at the pharmacy.

[jenniferjr 0]

You can get the Cal cit in a powder that you can mix with Crystal light and you cannot taste it at all. I got mine from the Vitamin Shoppe.< /p>

[kittykat56 0]

I take Caltrate Calcium & Vitamin D 600 + D Plus Minerals. They are chewable and flavored cherry, grape, and orange. Not bad! I get them at Walmart.< /p>

[Melissannde 41]

I tried all kinds of non-chewable Cal. Citrate.. even cutting them in 1/4's and putting in applesauce or yogurt, they still hurt going down. I went to Bariatric Advantage chewable Calcium. Hooray! No pain!

For the amount of calcium they want me on daily, it was the most cost effective.

Caltrate isn't calcium citrate.. it's calcium carbonate. My doctor wants me on the calcium citrate. He says it's better absorbed.

[tko7 0]

Thank you for all the responses~

I did check two pharmacys today for chewable, no luck. I will give the Bariatric Advantage a try.

Thanks again~

[Fluffy_Gurl 3]

you can also buy it in a liquid form at whole foods or health food grocers etc

[tko7 0]

I didn't know that they made liquid calcium citrate .. thanks!

[jingleboob 5]

the liquid is pretty expensive. I know you can order chewable cal cit online, I found a chewable citrate/carbonate combo at GNC... it's the closest I've found without having to buy online