 Posted 29/06/2012 15:31:26
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Perhaps I am just getting completely neurotic, but I live a an area with very hard water. You should see my Kettle! Although its good from the point of view of mineral content, so I can drink plenty of it during the day and having a pH of 7.0 there is no problem about acidity.
As instructed by Servier I mix my Protelos in about 200ml of tap water. Does anyone know whether the probable calcium content of the water is sufficient to affect the absorption of the strontium?
I have spoken to both Servier and their UK helpline (08006785608) and was told that they have done no comparison studies using different tap waters, so have no idea. Because no one else has raised this point with them, they assume there is no problem. I emailed Severn Trent Water to see whether they knew the calcium content of their tap water but they are not replying.
What water do the rest of you use to mix your Protelos? Do you think its worth buying a water filter to remove the mineral content for my night time mix? I assume that most bottled water contains minerals.
I await your comments, Thanks
Lynne H
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Posted 29/06/2012 15:54:00
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Hi Lynne,
That's an interesting point you raise ! I hadn't thought about it before. I googled calcium tap bottled water and got two quite interesting articles:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2488164/ and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/columnists/article-229386/Is-tap-bottled-water-best-bodies.html
If your water has as much calcium as the highest American one that is 135mg calcium per litre you wouldn't be getting that much calcium when you take your Protelos would you ? I don't mix my Protelos with much water, perhaps half a glass full which would be about a tenth of a litre ? But if we think about it, Servier have been studying Protelos in post menopausal women for many years and those women will be taking their Protelos with a variety of waters from all over the place and they can't have noticed that in some areas the Protelos is less effective than in others or surely they would have followed that up ?
Osteoporosis - Strontium Ranelate, Dekristol vitamin D3 20,000 IU/week, weight lifting, walking and vibration platform exercise, alkaline loaded diet, vitamin K2 MK-7 200mcg/day. Diabetes - Repaglinide, low carb diet and exercise. Congenital heart defect - Omacor and CoQ10. Small airways disease/asthma - Qvar 100. Probable coeliac.
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Posted 29/06/2012 19:26:49
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Why not phone Servier and ask them? They are helpful.
SarahW
Tscore Lumbar spine -3.3, Femoral neck -2.6, Hip -2.2
Alkali diet (+ no caffeine/sugar/salt/rhubarb/spinach) and exercise and supplements of Vit D (2,000IUs daily), Vit K2 as MK7, vit K2 Menatetrenone, Cod liver oil.
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Posted 29/06/2012 19:47:36
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Hi Sarah
I spoke to both Servier their UK help line and they couldn't comment because they haven't done any comparison tests using different tap waters. They said that no one has raised the point in the past, so there cannot be a problem!
I am probably making a fuss over nothing.
Lynne H
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Posted 29/06/2012 20:22:58
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Isn't it frustrating! Billions spent on medication and they cannot tell you if hard water affects it!
Unbelievable.
You are not be overly cautious, it's your body and you want the maximise the benifits of taking SR.
SarahW
Tscore Lumbar spine -3.3, Femoral neck -2.6, Hip -2.2
Alkali diet (+ no caffeine/sugar/salt/rhubarb/spinach) and exercise and supplements of Vit D (2,000IUs daily), Vit K2 as MK7, vit K2 Menatetrenone, Cod liver oil.
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Posted 01/07/2012 00:06:25
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perhaps this is the reason some people have not had any BMD improvement while on SR? Im lucky I live in Scotland where we have generally very soft water ( probably 'cos its always raining!)
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Posted 01/07/2012 08:56:35
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| This is a very interesting question. I have just started taking Protelos and also live in an area with very hard water ......... Perhaps it is worth checking out bottled waters to see what their calcium content is. Will try and find out from my Water Board what the calcium levels are in our tap water.
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Posted 01/07/2012 17:03:42
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I've found out how much calcium is in my tap water ! My water supplier is Thames Water and on their website you can enter your postcode and get a full analysis of the water ! My water is classed as Hard and has an average of 256 mg/l of calcium carbonate - here's all the other things in my water Thames Water report on my water It's fascinating to read ! The calcium is CaCO3. I'm sure other water companies will have similar abilities for their customers to find out exactly what's in their water....go have a look.
Despite all that calcium carbonate I know that I have absorbed the Protelos I take because the follow up DEXA I had showed a large increase in bone density - now I know some of that was artefactual, but the point is that is showed I was absorbing the strontium very well ! I have about half a glass of water with my Protelos so despite the water being very high in calcium it obviously does not interfere with the strontium 
Osteoporosis - Strontium Ranelate, Dekristol vitamin D3 20,000 IU/week, weight lifting, walking and vibration platform exercise, alkaline loaded diet, vitamin K2 MK-7 200mcg/day. Diabetes - Repaglinide, low carb diet and exercise. Congenital heart defect - Omacor and CoQ10. Small airways disease/asthma - Qvar 100. Probable coeliac.
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Posted 01/07/2012 20:35:02
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Thanks Anne, I will look further at the Severn Trent web page to see if they have a similar water assay on show. Glad to hear that your repeat DEXA scan was much improved.
Lynne H
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