Wow! Interesting reading, but way, way over my head!

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Posted by T and Q on May 26, 2000 at 13:45:14:

In Reply to: yep! posted by iZ's mom on May 26, 2000 at 13:03:08:

This may be an incredibly stupid idea, but can
you derive your dosage using the following
statement in the Nephrology Exchange article?

"In normal subjects ingesting a meal containing
11.1 mmol of phosphorus (342 mg), calcium
carbonate (25 mmol of elemental Ca) decreased
gut phosphorus absorption from 8.5 mmol to 4.9
mmol/L, while calcium acetate decreased it to
an average of 2.9 mmol."

This sentence makes it sound as if the calcium
dosage can be determined by the amount of phosphorus
ingested rather than the weight of the patient,
for the test anyway. Could you possibly figure
out the (estimated) amount of phorphorus that iZ
ingests and then use the test patients calcium-to-
phosphorus percentage to determine dosage?

Yikes! That sounds way too hard and is not based
on any sort of medical fact. I feel a little like
the anti-Dr. McCoy from Star Trek..."Dammit Jim,
I'm a wordsmith, not a doctor!"

I think it best that I just shut up now before my
desire to be helpful has the opposite effect!

T&Q

P.S. I understand your desire to avoid further
vet visits, but could you call your vet for a
calcium acetate prescription and dosage suggestion?
My vet saw Q so many times that after a while
neither she nor I wanted Q to visit her office.
Several times, she prescribed meds without seeing
Q.

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: This may be an incredibly stupid idea, but can : you derive your dosage using the following : statement in the Nephrology Exchange article? : "In normal subjects ingesting a meal containing : 11.1 mmol of phosphorus (342 mg), calcium : carbonate (25 mmol of elemental Ca) decreased : gut phosphorus absorption from 8.5 mmol to 4.9 : mmol/L, while calcium acetate decreased it to : an average of 2.9 mmol." : This sentence makes it sound as if the calcium : dosage can be determined by the amount of phosphorus : ingested rather than the weight of the patient, : for the test anyway. Could you possibly figure : out the (estimated) amount of phorphorus that iZ : ingests and then use the test patients calcium-to- : phosphorus percentage to determine dosage? : Yikes! That sounds way too hard and is not based : on any sort of medical fact. I feel a little like : the anti-Dr. McCoy from Star Trek..."Dammit Jim, : I'm a wordsmith, not a doctor!" : I think it best that I just shut up now before my : desire to be helpful has the opposite effect! : T&Q : P.S. I understand your desire to avoid further : vet visits, but could you call your vet for a : calcium acetate prescription and dosage suggestion? : My vet saw Q so many times that after a while : neither she nor I wanted Q to visit her office. : Several times, she prescribed meds without seeing : Q. :

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