It really depends. . .I had my total thyroidectomy on 8/4 and had a calcium crash a few days later. After being in the hospital for a week on an IV calcium drip, I was released on massive amounts of calcitriol (Prescription vit. ) & calcium. I am now down to manageable levels of calcium (3 a day) and my doctor wants me off of the calcitriol. . .
My endo looked at these numbers and said continue on the high dose of tums and the calcitriol and come back in 2 months!!!!! I am scared I will be on the large number of tums forever and taking Rocaltrol forever. Does anyone understand my numbers given that I am on Rocaltrol and 8 Tums a day? Is my ionized calcium too high? Nobody has explained anything to me and I am concerned about how often I should get my leveles checked and if I should be weaned from the drugs and when?
2 days later, however I went back to ER with calcium deficiency (hypocalcemia) my hands and mouth felt like I was getting paralized. With calcium supplementation and 2 tablets of calcitriol, it seems that the tingling sensation is under control.
3 nights ago, I developed a cough at night that have kept me from sleeping! Can anyone help me? I have a lot of phlegm and post nasal drip.And there's a part of my throat that tickles.
I just got home yesterday and am on massive doses of Vit D and calcium carbonate with daily trips to the lab for calcium levels. I know the terrible feelings you are having- I wouldn't want it to get much worse or you could really get into trouble. Stay on top of it with your doctor! Good Luck and I hope you feel better real soon.
The Epikacin, which is currently made and marketed by the same company that markets the Azodyl is an outdated drug formerly given to help bind and remove excess phosphorus levels on dogs with kidney disease. Because Epikacin is calcium based, and excess calcium levels are another very detrimental side effect that dogs often experience secondarily to primary kidney disorders.
my endocrinologist is on vaca and she managed to message me once saying she would stay on lower dose of calcitriol and change tums to a tablet of 1000 calcium 4 times a day and if i wanted to add magnesium and potassium...
I had a TT on 8/4/08 and my levels just came back around recently. I started out on massive amounts of calcium & calcitriol (cit. d) and am now down to 1500mg of calcium & 1 calcitriol .5 a day.
I'm still having weekly blood work to make sure that my levels stay up where they belong, but my endo is pretty sure that my parathyroids have finally kicked back in.
Vitamin D blocks the growth of cancer tumors. The active form of vitamin D, calcitriol, does most of the work. Calcitriol is made in the liver and in various organs affected by cancer. This form of vitamin D offers several benefits:
* Activates vitamin D receptors, which turn genes on and off
* Prevents cancer from starting (Calcitriol encourages cells to either adapt to their new organ or commit apoptosis [cell suicide].
I am taking 800-1000mg daily of Citracal, and Calcitriol .25 twice a day. They checked my PTH level and it was undetectable. I also had low phosphorus levels. I am worried about it happening again since I don't know why it happened. The only symptom I really had was menstrual-type cramping.
m going to try take both magnesium and vitamin D and see if that would help. My blood test say my calcium and magnesium are fine, but something has to be wrong. The tingling is similar to what I experienced right after my TT and calcium helped with that, but it hasn't helped this time. So I'll try those two supplements.
Thanks for your help.
I am having to take calcitroil .5 BID and calcium because my parathyroid have not restarted after a TT in March '09. My question is do I need to be having any kind of kidney function labs now or in the future? If so which ones?
Is there anything I can do to make my paras start up again? I have two left.
Thanks!
parathyroid failure after 3 years post TT?
by LLV123, 4 minutes ago
Hi, I had TT 3 years ago, had 1 para removed accidentally, 1 re implanted, 2 were "fine" Had low Ca post TT for a few weeks, then ok. Now, 3 years later, had some muscle twitching, had low ionized Ca {1.09, 1.10, 1.14 after I had infusions for 3 days of IV CA. Serum was ok, not high but low 8's. My endo put me on Calcitriol and said para's are failing. NO WAY!!
I am now on calcitriol and 4 600 mgs of calcium three times a day. I feel better, and hope it continues...the tums were not cutting the mustard for me, and from what I have been reading the calcitriol stimulates the parathyroids to pump calcium into the blood, which is what I needed. I hope it keeps up. I get my blood taken again tomorrow, so I hope my calcium levels went higher than they were on Monday, which was 6.
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