Re: elemental calcium vs. calcium carbonate ... (gina)

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Posted by iZ's mom on June 01, 2000 at 08:56:47:

In Reply to: Hypercalcemia vs. Hyperphosphatemia ... (igmom) posted by iZ's mom on May 31, 2000 at 21:19:33:

1st of all ~ thanx for the great save BH! there's a *huge* difference between the 2 + i hadn't realized that!!!!

ok ~ if you take your glasses off so you can almost read the teeny tiny itty bitty print on a TUMS label (i need new eyeballs) and notice this info is in 2 very different places (!) ...

TUMS EX :
1 tablet contains 750 mg of calcium carbonate ~OR~
*2* tablets contain 600mg of calcium!!!

anyway ... (thanx again to BH's save!)
a doc at the HerpHealth forum sez dosage for dogs/cats is 90-150 mg/k/day Calcium Carbonate ...
(*score*!)

iZ is packin' on the weight (grin) and am gonna put it at 4k (almost 9#, may have mis-weighed the 7.5# ????) soooooooooooo ...
his dosage using this info would be 360-450mg/day translated into .48 -.6 TUMS a day ... i've been giving him .5 TUMS, 375 calcium carbonate ~ (wow ~ did i make a great educated guess or what!?)

*whew* it's way too early in the day for me to be using this much brain ... *must have more caffiene!*

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: 1st of all ~ thanx for the great save BH! there's a *huge* difference between the 2 + i hadn't realized that!!!! : ok ~ if you take your glasses off so you can almost read the teeny tiny itty bitty print on a TUMS label (i need new eyeballs) and notice this info is in 2 very different places (!) ... : TUMS EX : : 1 tablet contains 750 mg of calcium carbonate ~OR~ : *2* tablets contain 600mg of calcium!!! : anyway ... (thanx again to BH's save!) : a doc at the HerpHealth forum sez dosage for dogs/cats is 90-150 mg/k/day Calcium Carbonate ... : (*score*!) : iZ is packin' on the weight (grin) and am gonna put it at 4k (almost 9#, may have mis-weighed the 7.5# ????) soooooooooooo ... : his dosage using this info would be 360-450mg/day translated into .48 -.6 TUMS a day ... i've been giving him .5 TUMS, 375 calcium carbonate ~ (wow ~ did i make a great educated guess or what!?) : *whew* it's way too early in the day for me to be using this much brain ... *must have more caffiene!*

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