Calcium From Rolaids

[mamaherrera]

I'm trying to get some calcium from rolaids, but I'm not sure how much calcium is really in one tablet. First it says http://www.drugs.com/otc/127121/rolaids ... -mint.html that it has ***USP calcium carbonate and then lower on the label it says each tablet contains like 270mg calcium. Which one is correct???

 

[tara]

'CALCIUM CARBONATE 675mg' contains ~40% calcium = 270mg calcium

 

[Giraffe]

Inactive ingredients

dextrose, flavor, magnesium stearate, silicon dioxide, stearic acid, sucralose, sucrose (309-059)

I would try to avoid these if possible.

 

[mamaherrera]

is magnesium stearate that bad??

 

[Giraffe]

post 113259 is magnesium stearate that bad??

Dan Wich discussed it on his website:

From what I can tell, most of the criticism of magnesium stearate rests on two likely-irrelevant studies. At the same time, magnesium stearate is easily avoided in supplements: every one of the product listing pages on this site includes at least one recommendation without it. So I buy brands that don't contain it (when convenient) to protect against the small chance that some processed magnesium stearates may be undesirable. http://www.toxinless.com/magnesium-stearate

Silicon dioxide is more dubious. You might want to check Dan's website if you search for supplements without nasty fillers.

Sucralose might cause allergic reactions.