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has anyone had kidney stones prior to osteo diagnosis or after? i am wondering if my kidney stones are connected.
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osteo and kidney stones
- By mcgee334
- Posted September 8, 2009 at 9:40 pm · 8 replies
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- By PURPLEMIST
- Posted September 9, 2009 at 8:18 am
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I have osteoporosis and hyperparathyroidism and had my first case of kidney stones last Nov.
- By KMFDallas
- Posted September 9, 2009 at 11:33 am
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I too suffer not only from osteo but also a significant number of kidney stones. My bone and mineral density specialist did reduce my calcium intake by taking two petite citracal twice a day.
- By Charlotte1215
- Posted September 9, 2009 at 2:26 pm
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Have you read about hyperparathyroidism? There is a link on this page. I haven't checked out the link; instead, I found the connection between osteo and kidney stones through Google.
- By LKD010
- Posted September 9, 2009 at 8:04 pm
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I have had 4 recent episodes with kidney stone and another episode years ago., I am 47 and was diagnosed with osteopenia 2 years ago. Long story short , I noticed that anytime I would up my calcium it showed additional bone loss so my doctor sent me to see an endocronoligist, which I did 2 weeks ago. She had me do 24 hr urine collection order some blood tests. Today was my followup appointment and she said that the urine test showed that I was "leaking" calcium. She told me that was probably why I was getting kidney stones too. She put me a diuretic called hydrchlorothiazide and said that it would help put the calcium back into my blood/bones and would eliminate the kidney stone problem. She also said my Vit D was 46 which was excellent and to stick with taking 1000 mg of calcium even though the recommended dose is 1200mg or more. Too much calcium can cause the kidney stones.
- By mcgee334
- Posted September 9, 2009 at 8:38 pm
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Thank you all for your posts. I just saw my endocrinologist and she does think there is a link to osteo and kidney stones. I am going through a lot of test, and like many of you, have been instructed to not take too much calcium until we figure things out. She described a process in which your body expels calcium through your urine and gets caught up in the kidneys. Hence the kidney stones. Makes sense. I will look up hyperparathyroidism and see what I find. Thanks again.
- By Willie1
- Posted September 13, 2009 at 1:15 pm
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Hi. Last week I saw a specialist for my osteoporosis and I found her extemely knowledgable. She told me that a person is more prone to developing kidney stones when taking calcium supplements... it's best to get as much of you calcium as possible from food.
I thought that was really interesting.
- By Jayay
- Posted September 14, 2009 at 10:27 am
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Yes they are connected, Calcium forms lithogenic stones which are insoluble. The magnesium prevents this happening and means that more calcium is available for the bones.
- By Tom-WI
- Posted September 15, 2009 at 8:55 pm
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Jayay,
Thanks for the info. I will definitely stay on the magnesium I've been taking with my calcium citrate. I sure don't want to deal with any kidney stones, since they can be extremely painful.
Tom
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