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A member asked:

My dr. said my calcium levels tested high. i took two 750mg tums (calcium carbonate) a couple of hours before the 1st blood test. would that affect the result?

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No: A bit of antacid won't put your calcium in the high range. Your workup will include a repeat. If you have sarcoid, a parathyroid adenoma, have been overdoing vitamin d, or have some other cause of hypercalcemia, or whether this is an artifact or lab error, it will get sorted out -- and it's important. Good luck in the weeks to come.

Answered 1/21/2021

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