User Reviews for Calcitriol

calcitriol: The article does not mention that Calcitriol is not ordinary Vitamin D. It is activated Vitamin D. This is important in treatment of pseudohypoparathyroidism, in which the parathyroid gland produces plenty of parathyroid hormone, but lacks the relays containing instructions in how to utilize normal Vitamin D with the parathyroid hormone to regulate calcium level. [This is how my doctor explained this to me.]

calcitriol: I have been taking calcitriol for 8 months now. We eventually built it up until I am taking 1.25 mcg a day with 1500 - 2000 mg of calcium. It has worked very well compared to when I started out with only 25 mcg a day. I still have minor tetany problems but nothing and extra dose of calcium once in a while won't fix. The reason I didn't give it a 10 is because a lot of other medicines that different doctors gave me completely screwed me up. I see an endocrinologist for my thyroid and hypocalcemia...an ENT prescribed prilosec for reflux which messed me up and I had to stop taking it. My Gyn gave me a drug one dose one time before a uterine biopsy and plummedted my blood calcium levels for over a week...