Small calcium tablets?

"Jim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Some time ago, the doctor told my parents, both in their 80's, to begin
taking calcium tablets.

This past weekend, I visited them and discovered that they had bought the
caplets, but had not started taking them yet. Their excuse was that the
caplets were "too big."

I was skeptical until I saw these things, but...whoa! I take Centrum

Silver

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vitamins, but these calcium jobs were at least twice as large, about the
diameter of my Mother's little finger and over 25 mm long. Yikes!

I looked around and cannot find a small (not tiny, just "regular" size)
calcium tablet, caplet or capsule for them. So, my latest solution was to
find a small 100mg (they could take 6 of them), but no one seems to

describe

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the size of their pills.

Has anyone else faced this problem, or know of a company that shows the

size

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of their products?

Thanks in advance! Jim sonicblue52 at yahoo dot com

In case nobody comes up with a more elegant solution: you could look for
the supplement you want in powder form, and put it in '0' or '00' capsules
by hand. CDB

Another doctor trying to get their arterial plaque to the medication stage?

"Jim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Some time ago, the doctor told my parents, both in their 80's, to begin
taking calcium tablets.

This past weekend, I visited them and discovered that they had bought the
caplets, but had not started taking them yet. Their excuse was that the
caplets were "too big."

I was skeptical until I saw these things, but...whoa! I take Centrum

Silver

Quoted message said:

vitamins, but these calcium jobs were at least twice as large, about the
diameter of my Mother's little finger and over 25 mm long. Yikes!

I looked around and cannot find a small (not tiny, just "regular" size)
calcium tablet, caplet or capsule for them. So, my latest solution was to
find a small 100mg (they could take 6 of them), but no one seems to

describe

Quoted message said:

the size of their pills.

Has anyone else faced this problem, or know of a company that shows the

size

Quoted message said:

of their products?

Thanks in advance! Jim sonicblue52 at yahoo dot com

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"Jim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Some time ago, the doctor told my parents, both in their 80's, to begin
taking calcium tablets.

This past weekend, I visited them and discovered that they had bought

the

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

caplets, but had not started taking them yet. Their excuse was that the
caplets were "too big."

I was skeptical until I saw these things, but...whoa! I take Centrum

Silver

Quoted message said:

vitamins, but these calcium jobs were at least twice as large, about the
diameter of my Mother's little finger and over 25 mm long. Yikes!

I looked around and cannot find a small (not tiny, just "regular" size)
calcium tablet, caplet or capsule for them. So, my latest solution was

to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

find a small 100mg (they could take 6 of them), but no one seems to

describe

Quoted message said:

the size of their pills.

Has anyone else faced this problem, or know of a company that shows the

size

Quoted message said:

of their products?

Thanks in advance! Jim sonicblue52 at yahoo dot com

In case nobody comes up with a more elegant solution: you could look for
the supplement you want in powder form, and put it in '0' or '00' capsules
by hand. CDB

Thank you for your response. I found several natural/herbal companies that
sell capsules that I believe are made of gelatin in all sizes. They also
tell the exact size of the capsules. I believe that I could easily crush
the tablets into a powder state. All I need to do now is to make sure that
their giant capsules are consistent, i.e., no filler or special coating.
This gives me a great solution of which I previously didn't have a clue.
Thank You!!