The MDs excuse is always

"the pharmacy gave you a hand out with all of the drug facts ... didnt they?" in other words, you are supposed to be your own detective, and do your own research. You are supposed to walk in to the MD office with a full 12 year degree in medicine, and be able to competantly argue that you want Calcium citrate, not cal mag. And be able to express the chemical compounds that interfer with the absorption from the Prilosec that you are taking for Gerd. Which by the way is NOT reccomended that you take for periods longer than 2 months. You are supposed to be finding ways to correct the GERD while using the med as a stop gap to get you through that period of correction.

Its impossible to be sick, and defend yourself against all of the available treatments without a degree in medicine or pharmacology these days.

btw, weight bearing exercise will help rebuild bone too. Walking, running, light weights being lifted, or those exercise bands that force your bone to move against the muscle will help.

hang in there barb.