My 5 year old can't yet swallow pills and I thought I found the perfect calium plus Vit D product. Life Force chocolate liquid calcium,but he hates it!!!
How do the rest of you give calcium? Thanks!
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We use Vitafusion gummies for many things, including Calcium, CoQ10, vitamins B, C, D, E, and Omega 3.
http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=206248&catid=32535
My son loves them... :)
We use Vitafusion gummies for many things, including Calcium, CoQ10, vitamins B, C, D, E, and Omega 3.
http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=206248&catid=32535
My son loves them... :)
My son is an adult who cannot swallow those huge calcium pills. Does anyone know of a smaller calciuim pill?
A gummy anything would be lethal at his age, but I can give liquid anything into his feeding port directly into his stomach. Tums are too "chalky" with a bitter aftertaste. I bought a powder form which I could dilute and put through the Mic-key port, so that is what I do for now. It is actually a fizzy lemon flavored drink which I haveto let go flat as carbonation is not tolerated. The formula we use has 25% of his calcium daily requirements. I have not been too worried since he never took steroids and has never broken a bone, but reading all this makes me think I should give him extra calcium. I will ask his doctor of course, but I really would love to find a form of calcium in pill form that is easy for him to swallow.
Hi,
My son is not into swallowing big pills either so we found an alternative called OsCal, it is a chewable tablet that kind of melts in your mouth. It is a light lemon chiffon flavor (sugar and gluten free). It is 500mg of Calcium and 500 IU of Vitamin D that helps with absorption. The dose needed is very individual, but can be determined quite easily be a blood test to check D levels. The levels will change so they will need to be checked periodically. How much sun one gets will also be a factor. There are benefits to managing this at any age, with or without steroids. Hope this helps. Can be found at Walgreens.
Katherine
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