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Your nervous system needs calcium to function.
If you don't have it in your diet then your body will extract calcium from your bones to supply it. This leads to things like "brittle bone disease". In other words, it will weaken your skeletal structure to keep you alive.
Breaking a bone is secondary, to your body, to keeping your nervous system alive.
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What are the Side effects of taking calcium supplements?
Stronger bones
What reaction do pregnant women have from calcium channel blockers?
The effects of taking calcium channel blockers during pregnancy have not been studied in humans.
What are the side effects of taking calcium tablets?
Constipation, rarely hypercalcemia, and in extreme cases kidney stones and (ironically) osteomalatia.
Calcium peroxide side effects for teeth?
CALCIUM PEROXIDE: side effects
What medications to treat seizure may be impacted by taking calcium channel blockers?
Anti-seizure medications such as carbamazepine (Tegretol). Calcium channel drugs may increase the effects of these medicines.
How do other drugs interact with calcium channel blockers?
Taking calcium channel blockers with certain other drugs may affect the way the drugs work or may increase the chance of side effects.
Why should care be taken when a patient is taking another medication along with calcium channel blockers?
Calcium channel blockers may interact with a number of other medications. When this happens, the effects of one or both of the drugs may change or the risk of side effects may increase.
What medication that suppresses the immune system may be impacted by taking calcium channel blockers?
Cyclosporine (Sandimmune), a medicine that suppresses the immune system. Effects may increase if this drug is taken with calcium channel blockers.
What danger exists for those taking diuretics and calcium channel blockers?
Diuretics (water pills). This type of medicine may cause low levels of potassium in the body, which may increase the chance of unwanted effects from some calcium channel blockers.
Can calcium cause side effects?
if the mineral is taken in high levels it can cause several side effects, including: nausea, vomiting , loss of appetite, constipation , stomach pain , thirst, dry mouth , increased urination, and weakness.
Does taking vitamins simultaneously with fish oil limit the effects of the fish oil?
Not necessarily. Fish oil contains Vitamin D and E. It also goes well with calcium for bone health. As for other vitamins and their effects I'm not sure.
What can be prevented by taking in enough calcium?
Osteoporosis
