Good for you for getting off the fosamax! My mother was put on that and calcium supplements for years. She stopped the fosamax when she started having problems with her esophagus, but continued to take the calcium. Her bone density wasn't improving, so the Dr. told her to take Tums! What an idiot. The Dr.s never consider that you can't assimulate calcium supplements if you are deficient in magnesium and the supplements then just get stored in the soft tissues causing you to be stiff and achey.

I finally convinced my mother to even stop taking the calcium supplements and start taking magnesium. She didn't want to tell her Dr. becuase she was afraid he would fuss at her,so I told her not to and see how her test go. She has much more flexibility now and her bone density test have not shown any more bone loss and she feels the benefits of the magnesium in other areas.

Research magnesium (a good book is "The miracle of Magnesium: by Carolyn Dean) and if you have any of the symptoms of a deficiency, DON'T take calcium supplements as that will make your mg def. even worse because your system will pull more mg out of your bones and tissues to process the calcium.