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Taking Calcium After Thyroidectomy

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Dr. Binu Parameswaran Pillai MD

My wife just had a thyroidectomy and was prescribed 1000 mg of calcium twice daily and also ... headache on the left side for two days now. Could this be from the increased dose of synthroid or... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Binu Parameswaran Pillai ( Endocrinologist)
Dr.  Shehzad Topiwala MD

Hi taking thyroxine 175 mcg daily after having total thyroidectomy for hurthle cell cancer .....still feeling extreme tiredness.... weight loss and fatigue.... Also on calcium and Vit D... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shehzad Topiwala ( Endocrinologist)
Dr. Indranil Ghosh MD

i have been a CA thyroid pt, with total thyroidtemy surgey in 2004. Since then I am on Sandocal 500 tabs 5-4-5 = 14. Is there any modern better way for calcium management ? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Indranil Ghosh ( Oncologist)
Dr. Mirjeta Guni MD

hi, i have no thyroid and no parathyroids due thyroidectomy and accidental parathyroidectomy- and it's been 10 years of finally getting my calcium levels to hold while taking calcitriol in additon to ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mirjeta Guni ( Endocrinologist)
Dr.  Abhishek Sharma MD

I was on subtotal thyroidectomy (hyper, benign nodular goiters) in April, and still I'm not fine. Calcium level is slightly beyond a range, occasionally have cramps, occasionally I'm tired, didn't have a ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Abhishek Sharma ( ENT Specialist)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr. Veera Raghava Rao Buddha. MD

Hi I had a total thyroidectomy last thursday morning and im now on 100mg levothyroxin and calcium tablets but have had severe tummy cramps which I thought were along with the leg cramps due to the... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Veera Raghava Rao Buddha. ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Michelle Gibson James MD

I had a thyroidectomy and was on Coversyl +. Being a calcium blocker I was told to get on to .... ExforgeHCT l find out is also a calcium blocker. I would like to go back to Coversyl + with minor side ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Michelle Gibson James ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Pavan Kumar Gupta MD

I had a total thyroidectomy on Monday of last week. Wednesday I returned to the hospital with numb lips and tingling fingers. They did bloodwork and prescribed calcium supplements. Today my bottom lip ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Pavan Kumar Gupta ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Harshit Bhachech MD

Why have my nails and hair become curly? I have had a thyroidectomy and removal of a supracellar ..., desmopressin (for diabetes insipidis), tenormin, calcium and vitamin d. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Harshit Bhachech ( Dermatologist)
Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash MD

I had a total thyroidectomy in Dec 2010 and my calcium level hit rock bottom while I was in the hospital. They pumped me up intraveniously with mega calcium and then told me to take 2400 mg... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash ( Ophthalmologist)