Doctors are not experts on drugs....they have a very limited short educational exposure to them.
It is the Pharmacist, who will answer your questions about drugs.
HCTZ has been listed as raising calcium levels for many years. That is not new information. It is only when combined with Vit D which increases absorption of calcium from food, that this interaction is significant, and even then not for everyone. I think gone are the days of taking over 1000mg of calcium a day.... doctors have been pushing that for decades now, and what have we learned? That advice causes hardening of the arteries!
Really I personally hate diuretics... they really deplete you in so many ways.
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