Description

Calcium carbonate

• In early-postmenopausal women, bone-mineral density was higher in the calcium carbonate group than the calcium citrate malate group at the spine.

• Calcium carbonate is cheapest and therefore often a good first choice.

• Calcium carbonate is 40% elemental calcium, so 1,250 milligrams (mg) of calcium carbonate contains 500 mg of elemental calcium.

Magnesium

• Mg supplementation in menopausal women has also proved more effective in a combination with other minerals.

Zinc

• Important for bone quality, in case of casting or application of fixators to the fractured bone, promotes appositional bone growth around the fixation device.