Calcium-prednisone: To prevent osteoporosis from chronic prenisone therapy, more than calcium is required. A healthy diet, plus supplements of vitamin d3, good sources of calcium from diet and supplements, magnesium, zinc, boron and strontium all help. Active weight bearing exercise is important.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Depends on diet: Your personal needs for calcium supplementation depends on how much calcium you are getting in your diet. Vitamin d is needed to absorb calcium so you need to make sure you are not vitamin d deficient. Prednisone taken for more than 8 weeks has been shown to contribute to bone density loss. See your doctor and ask if he/she would recommend getting a DEXA scan and vitamin d levels checked.
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