Gleevec is generally absorbed easily by most people. But calcium is said to reduce absorption of several nutrients or medicines. One reason is that calcium in pill form is not easily absorbed, so much of it stays in the digestive tract until excreted. This unused calcium tends to bind to other items around it in the digestive tract and hold on to them. Whether this is a big problem for Gleevec is hard to say, but some say you should not take Gleevec and a calcium pill at the same time as a precaution. A small amount of milk with Gleevec is unlikely to be a problem, since it is not concentrated as the calcium pills are. Also, if you take smaller calcium pills (or cut big ones in half) and spread them out during the day, you absorb more calcium than with one big calcium pill. The following websites may be useful:
http://luhs.medctr.luhs.org/health/kbase/htm/mdx-/amci/0051/mdx-amci0051.htm http://healthgate.partners.org/browsing/LearningCenter.asp?fileName=13942.xml&title=Calcium-fortified%20foods:%20choosing%20them%20carefully --Trey dx Oct 2005 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
