Many would like it to wash, but rather not wash it out.
It all started with calcium carbonate. It is an old dietary supplement with calcium.
For calcium to be absorbed from carbonate, it must dissolve in acid. For this reason, drugs like Famotidine or Omeprazole, which reduce the amount of acid in the stomach, also reduce the absorption of calcium from the carbonate.
If a person already has reduced bone mineral density, and he is also taking medications that reduce the amount of acid in the stomach, then it will be difficult for him to strengthen his bones with calcium carbonate.
Popular calcium citrate is absorbed even without acid, and dairy products, in which calcium is bound to protein, give us calcium most readily. So eat the curd.
Fractures
At some point, scientific studies emerged that found a link between taking drugs like omeprazole and bone fractures in older people.
After a while, the results of even larger studies arrived, and this connection was no longer so strong. It was not possible to determine the cause and effect.
In the end, we decided that they usually fall and break their neck of the thigh. fragile old people. They are so emaciated and fragile due to a heap of chronic diseases, including those with sore stomachs, for which they take omeprazole and other proton pump blockers. Hence the connection.
At one time it was rumored that omeprazole could actually contribute to the destruction of bones by activating special cells, who disassemble the bone for parts. But something in the corresponding studies, on the contrary, began to find the strengthening of bones under the influence of omeprazole. Something like that it acts not only on the stomach, but also on the acid content of the bone tissue. Due to this, the bone is less dissolved there by enzymes.
To a first approximation, this can be thought of as an acidic household cleaner that dissolves calcium deposits, or as acid in the mouth destroys teeth. So omeprazole reduces the amount of acid in the bones and vice versa can strengthen the bone.
Briefly speaking
Even antediluvian calcium carbonate, if taken with food, will not be affected by omeprazole.
The popular calcium citrate, in principle, does not depend on omeprazole.
Calcium from dairy products is generally spit on omeprazole.
If older women are taking omeprazole, then calcium citrate supplements are better for maintaining bone mineral density.
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