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Suggest Treatment For Vitamin D Deficiency

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Posted on Tue, 3 Feb 2015
Question: hello doctor,
I am 21 years old girl. I read XXXX book and and following her exactly she advises to take calcium citrate tablet so it fine for me and can u tell me name of calcium citrate tablet that i shall find in pharmacy??
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Answered by Dr. Divakara (2 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Why do you want to take Calcium?

Detailed Answer:
HI

Greeting from Dr. Divakara.P

First of all thanks for choosing HealthCareMagic for posting your query.

You have asked if it is fine for you to take Calcium citrate tablet. For that I need to know what problems you are having and why you are considering the use of these supplements.

Do revert back to me for further discussion.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
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Follow up: Dr. Divakara (47 minutes later)
Sir when i had checked my vitamin D level it was 20 considered as insufficient in reports besides that I do a lot of physical activity like daily running and skipping and yoga for health and fitness purpose so I wanted to know if could take those tablets..??
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Answered by Dr. Divakara (15 hours later)
Brief Answer:
You need only Vitamin D not Calcium.

Detailed Answer:
HI

Thanks for the follow up .

See, if your Vitamin D level is less, then only Vitamin D supplementation is enough . Why do you need to take Calcium tablets?

Also if you are eating well, then that much is enough to supplement calcium for your physical activities.

My advise to you is to take Vitamin D tablets ( for example D rise ) weekly once for 2 months . You need to get a prescription for this from your doctor .

But if you still want a Calcium supplement I would advise you to go for a Calcium + Vitamin D combination tablets like ShelCal .

Hope this information was useful to you.

Any clarifications feel free to ask .
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Suggest Treatment For Vitamin D Deficiency

Brief Answer: Why do you want to take Calcium? Detailed Answer: HI Greeting from Dr. Divakara.P First of all thanks for choosing HealthCareMagic for posting your query. You have asked if it is fine for you to take Calcium citrate tablet. For that I need to know what problems you are having and why you are considering the use of these supplements. Do revert back to me for further discussion.