Citracal Maximum Plus Highly Soluble, Easily Digested, 630 mg Calcium Citrate With 1000 IU Vitamin D3, Bone Health Supplement for Adults, Caplets, 180 Count

It works

How can you really tell if something like this works? Who can feel a difference? Well, I can. I had tumors on my parathyroid glands removed and my calcium level went from 15 to 7 in a couple of days. I had to take 24,000 milligrams a day of this (2000mg every two hours 24/7) or every inch of my skin and muscle felt like your tongue does when you put a 9v battery on it. The symptoms were miserable and this was the only formulation that got into my blood stream effectively enough to control the symptoms. Calcium carbonates and even the slow release version of Citrical didn't work nearly as well. As a result of the disease, I now have osteoporosis and I will be taking this for years to come

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Best Price on 100% Bio-Available Calcium Citrate

A dose of two large pills gives you 63% of your daily calcium. This sounds expensive and inefficient, until you consider the bio-availability of the calcium to be absorbed in your GI tract. This is 100% calcium citrate (don't be fooled by those that are only 5-25%) - it doesn't require excess stomach acids to dissolve and be absorbed like calcium carbonate does. The result is you are able to take it on an empty stomach and it remain effective. It doesn't disrupt stomach acid balance (i.e. does not act as an anti-acid like Tums). Additionally, this dose comes with over 100% of your vitamin D3 - critical to help your system make use of the bio available calcium. For me, these benefits (and higher cost of the form of calcium) warrant the higher product cost

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Yes, These are very crushable.

I had one of my parathyroid glands removed yesterday. The surgeons at Tampa General Hospital told me I had to buy these exactly pills. They are the top surgeons in the world for parathyroids. They have done research on these. I actually had to bring the bottle to the hospital to show them I bought the correct ones. I have a difficult time swallowing pills. I have to take 5 a day for the first week then less each week until two a day for years, they said and printed this along with a link to this page as one place to buy them. The nurse told me in recovery they are indeed crushable pills with a pill crusher from a drug store. As you can see in the photo,it's true, even two at the time. I just took this picture of my own crushed pills to post here showing how well they can be crushed. I use a small medicine cup like the one that comes with an over the counter pain reliever and mix the crushed pill powder with a little applesauce. You can eat it that way with a small teaspoon. I add a dash of gingerale to the applesauce so I can mix it and drink it in one swig and it taste better to me. I hope this helps someone like me. I was concerned at how huge they are and having to take so many. UPDATE: 12/7/2018 Perhaps my previous review helped someone. I can not swallow them and got tired of crushing them. So I actually just chew them up one in the a.m. and one in the p.m. and swallow them with water. It takes less than a min. I just do it because I know there are no better pills out there, it's faster, and I stopped making a big deal out of it. I tend to be a big baby sometimes

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Highest Absorption Calcium; Won't Constipate

There's a reason calcium citrate tends to be more expensive than calcium carbonate and calcium phosphate: It doesn't require stomach acid for absorption, and doesn't tend to manifest the side effects of constipation and/or gas. For most, that's rationale enough to pay the difference. Citracal offers this affordable iteration of calcium citrate in an ample dosage of 650mg -- 125% of its daily value -- and pairs it with 25 mcg of Vitamin D (125%) and 5.5mg of Zinc (50%). Copper (0.45mg/50%) and Manganese (1.15mg/50%) also join the mix in support of strong bone health. Note, too, that this is a vegetarian-friendly caplet: None of the ground-up bovine hooves found in traditional gelatin-based supplements. A carefully considered Calcium Citrate offering -- and an ample 90-day supply -- offered at a great low-cost value. - (Was this review of use? If so, let me know by clicking "Helpful." Cheers!

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Muscle Twitches – Begone!

My husband calls these "those miracle pills". I finally tried them, after trying liquid calcium/magnesium (watch out the next morning), potassium pills, and even those 'restful leg' tablets -- for years, I've gone to sleep and then twitched and kicked him all night long -- no more. Take 2 caplets (or 3) every night before bed, without food. No itchy muscles. No bathroom side-effects in the morning. The restless, twitchy feeling in my legs had been getting stronger, so I did some research and found out that a lack of CALCIUM (surprise, I thought it was defiency of potassium or magnesium) causes your muscles to itch and twitch. Liquid calcium helped only a little bit, with icky side-effects... Citracal takes all the twitching away, no side-effects except a happy, happy husband

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Calcium with Vit D a necessary combination

Bone density is clearly related to calcium - Citracal is made with D3 to insure absorption of calcium into the system and into the bones. Ask your healthcare/nutrition professional - I have been advised to take, and have taken Citracal for decades - bone density is ever more important as we age

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Quality product

This is a quality product recommended by my doctor because it is made with calcium caltrate instead of the cheaper calcium carbonate. Calcium citrate absorbs better than other types of calcium. And this product is at the top of the list for quality

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Difficulty swallowing these “horse pills” but I would recommend this product anyway.

I was advised by my doctor to take 1200 mg. calcium and 800 mg. of vitamin D for osteoporosis. My package arrived in a timely manner without damage. The main thing I don't like about this particular product is even when you break them at the score they're still difficult to swallow because of their huge size. Just be prepared to take them one half at a time with plenty of water. Also, for those of you who didn't know, Calcium Carbonate is the one that'll likely give you constipation. Calcium Citrate does not

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I like this item because long ago my doctor recommended it …

I like this item because long ago my doctor recommended it after reveiwing my labs. It showed that my calicium levels were low. It's kept my levels within normal limits now. I'll have to take it for the rest of my lifetime

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Good product. Large pills.

Purchased for family member. The pills are quite large and are difficult for some folks to swallow. They are scored, so you can break them in half, but then you have sharp edges which may bother some people. What's in the product is good, so if you have no problem swallowing large pills, then I'll recommend it

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