Calcium Treatment Report
See also: Dolomite, Mineral Supplements
What is Calcium?
Calcium is a mineral essential to the development and maintenance of bones and teeth. As a supplement it is available in several different formulations including calcium carbonate (chalk), citrate, and phosphate. Calcium supplements may be recommended to people at risk of osteoperosis.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General health | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Osteopenia | 1 |
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1 | ||||
| Treat my HIV | 1 | 0 |
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Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other
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1 | 100% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
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- uffa2
- Sex: M
- Mental Symptoms: mild
- Physical Symptoms: none
- Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: none
- 570
- VL 39
- See profile
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- uffa2
- 600 mg daily
- since Sep 25, 2009
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Efficacy
Can't tell
for Osteopenia
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips I cant tell about efficacy, I'm waiting for this year RX. Apparently, calcium supplement is good even for heartburns :-) See full evaluation
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Report created on November 22, 2009.