i take a multi-vitamin,calcium supplements,a thyroid pill & chondroiten/MSM/glucosamine for knees,is that ok?
I mean,i don’t want the calcium cancelling out the vitamin,or the vitamin blocking out the MSM/glucosamine/chondroiten tablets,and I don’t know about the thyroid pills cancelling out anything,so that is why I am asking.
I try not to take them all at the same time,so,I don’t know about that.
I take the thyroid in the am.
an hour later, the glucosamin/msm/ and then calcium with a meal.
then an hour after that,the vitamin.
can anyone help me better understand this,as I want my body to absorb all these that it needs.
Thank you !!!!!!
I was diagnosed with " a touch of arthritis" about a year ago,after a severe fall,in which all my weight landed on my left knee. It grinds whenever I climb/descend stairs. As for the thyroid: I was diagnosed with that,too, about 6 years ago. The vitamin: My diet isnt the greatest,and i am told at 41,i should take one. As for the camcium: I take that because I dont think i meet the daily requirements for calcium. It isn’t a question of "Should I be taking them," it is a question of "if I do, how will they interract with each other and will one block the others’s absorbtion?" That is what I am asking.
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Good Day dear,
Your doing the right thing. At your age all you can do is feed the body what it needs and the building up part is history.
The young nurse has it right, Take your D with your Calcium dinner or your last meal of the day.
Take your vit. after you eat and finish up with the dishes. As for your knee, drink a lot of water, about 2 gals a day and flush your system and you will find you stop retaining a lot of water and loose some water weight. Loss of weight is the only thing left you can do for a bad knee joint.
I should have said, also to spend time in water doing leg lifts and left and right turns or circles about 6 inches in dia. This will help the leg to maintain what you have built up in muscle.
You can take them all at the same time. I would def. suggest taking the vitamin before the calcium, because vitamin D helps the body absorb and utilize the calcium. You will be fine however you are managing your meds now though.
Good luck!
Wow, that’s a lot of guess work and must be costing you a lot. My guess is that you are wasting a lot of money and your knees are most likely a problem with your kidney. Taking the calcium that is most likely calcium carbonate because that is the cheapest form being sold and it is total junk and could be contributing to your kidney problem.
What you really need is to see a Certified Nutritional Therapist that does QRA testing. Then you won’t have to guess anymore and you will know exactly what nutrient(s) you are lacking and how much to take of them. No more guessing game.
In regard to absorption, if your body rejects them like it does with most vitamins and minerals you buy in stores due to the high content of magnesium stearate, talc, silica, etc., you will be contributing to the pile of garbage at the local sanitation plant.
good luck to you
Your pharmacist can help you. Mixing over the counter med with prescription med can cause problems.
They are the med experts, and they have computer programs that can tell them accurately, if the mixing of these meds is a problem or not.
I think onlymatch and mia delight are on the right track.
The issue is: why are you taking all this stuff? Are you self diagnosed? Really? Well, now, I didn’t know you were a doctor!
I think you need to get some professional advice. As has been pointed out, you could be tossing out your hard earned cash, on junk.
A multivitamin, once in a while does no harm. But eating a good diet helps a lot more.
Glucosamine sulphate and such is often prescribed for those with joint pains, or type 2 diabetics. Are you either of those? The occasional glucosamine tablet is often also used for those suffering from fibormyalgia, though not everydau, I think.
Why the thyroid pill?
Why the calcium? Do you have a deficinecy. Could you not get your calcium needs from leafy vegetables and milk? (You can buy lactose free, if that is the issue.)
We need a lot more information to help you logically.
As one other writer posted, you shjould be ok, but then we do not know what other medications you may be taking that could affect these over the counter items. Possibly you might be taking a prescribed medication they might interact with…
There are often nutrition clinics, usually hosted by hospitals, or clinics, or government agencies. The nutritionists there usually are fairly well trained, and have nothing to sell (in a real honest session, they are not allowed to peddle stuff), so you are likely to get some good info there. Best of all these clinics are usually free or only have a nominal entry cost, like $5 or $10.