Clinical Inquiry: Can calcium supplements cause serious adverse effects in healthy people?

J Fam Pract

Hendersonville Family Practice Residency Program, Mountain Area Health Education Center, Hendersonville, NC, USA.

Published: October 2012

Yes, according to studies with some limitations. Calcium supplements with or without vitamin D increase the risk of myocardial infarction, with numbers needed to harm (NNH) over 5 years of 69 to 240 (strength of recommendation: B, meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials that evaluated a predominantly older female population and were limited by study designs).

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