I started the Calcium Citrate supplements yesterday. The brand I am using is Citracal. They are Calcium Citrate +D3 Maximum. I took my first dose yesterday. About an hour later, I had the worse pain since my surgery. I was nauseated, had elevated heart beat, and after pacing for about 30 mins, I ended up throwing up. I didn't have anything eat after I took the supplements. So I thought may be I took them all too fast. So this morning, I spaced the two tablets (15 mins apart). An hour later I had same reaction to the supplements. Has anybody experienced this? I am looking to feedback from you all on what my options are because clearly the current supplement will not work for me. Thanks in advance!

After surgery I discovered that I could no longer swallow medium to large pills. So I used pill splitters and pill crushers. This condition lasted for about 2 months and then things returned back to normal. Citracals are what I call horse pills. They are very large. In the beginning I had to crush the pills into powder and mix them with Crystal Light drink in order to take them. The main problem other than the fact that they tasted like chalk, was that they formed a paste at the bottom of the glass, so I had to refill my glass several times in order to get them to go down.

After surgery I discovered that I could no longer swallow medium to large pills. So I used pill splitters and pill crushers. This condition lasted for about 2 months and then things returned back to normal. Citracals are what I call horse pills. They are very large. In the beginning I had to crush the pills into powder and mix them with Crystal Light drink in order to take them. The main problem other than the fact that they tasted like chalk, was that they formed a paste at the bottom of the glass, so I had to refill my glass several times in order to get them to go down.

Thank you for sharing your experience! They are indeed horse pills. I called my physician and they suggested Calcet Creamy Bites. Honestly I am really scared to try the horse pills (even in crushed form), because they are know to cause vomiting/nausea (from what I have read so far on WebMD). So changing the course here completely. But who knows I might come back to crushing horse pills [emoji16]. Thank you again for putting my mind at ease.

I use the Citracal Calcium +D3 chewables. They taste pretty good and don't affect me weirdly. They have fewer carbs than some of the chewables or bites - I had some before that almost made me dump because of the sugar!

I use the Citracal Calcium +D3 chewables. They taste pretty good and don't affect me weirdly. They have fewer carbs than some of the chewables or bites - I had some before that almost made me dump because of the sugar!

Thank you for your feedback! I just revived my Calcet Citrate Creamy Bites and oh they are Creamy and so so so yummy... here are the supplement facts for it. Do you mind sharing the ones from the kind you use?

I started the Calcium Citrate supplements yesterday. The brand I am using is Citracal. They are Calcium Citrate +D3 Maximum. I took my first dose yesterday. About an hour later, I had the worse pain since my surgery. I was nauseated, had elevated heart beat, and after pacing for about 30 mins, I ended up throwing up. I didn't have anything eat after I took the supplements. So I thought may be I took them all too fast. So this morning, I spaced the two tablets (15 mins apart). An hour later I had same reaction to the supplements. Has anybody experienced this? I am looking to feedback from you all on what my options are because clearly the current supplement will not work for me. Thanks in advance!

Make sure theres at least 2hrs between taking any Iron supplement and Calcium Citrate. The body can't absorb them at the same time.

Here's the calcium - it's Caltrate, not Citracal, oops. It tastes fairly good (sort of like Sweet Tarts) so I tend to think of it as my daily candy.

Edited May 3, 20179 yr by Jen581791