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Originally Posted by waves
Dear Mari
btw, i take my night meds around 11 - whether or not i am actually going to bed then or not. that is about 4 hours after dinner+vits.
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Waves.
That is a good plan -- to take them at the same time whether or not you are going to bed.
I should find a way to separate the meds from bed time because bed time is fraught with so much difficulty. I get my meds in any time between 10:30 pm to 2:30 am.
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you need to be wary of calcium supplementation due to your verapamil,
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Several years ago I was supplementing with up to 1500 or 2000 mgs of calcium a day. I got anxious and figured out was going on and dropped it. Then pdoc and I spoke about it. He said to watch for the places that have added calcium like grape juice and other grocery store items.
I think I can take up to a certain amount of calcium but I do not remember -- maybe it was like 500. One pill in this bottle contains 330 mgs Calcium but much of it is Calcium Carbonate (not much absorption).
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but i would still preferably distance them several hours from meds. my concerns here are 1. med absorption and 2. potential stomach upset.
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Yes. I take b12 occasionally hours after the meds.
By the way, this expensive nearly full bottle of vits has an expiration date of June 2012. I will have to throw it away in JUne.
M --- probably need to re-organize my entire life to make the vits and other things work.