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Calcium carbonate is best taken with meals that too in small doses
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Any calcium should be taken either half an hour before or two hours after the meals. So you are doing it right by spacing your Shelcal from your breakfast
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It is best to take it after meal..which you are doing..if you develop intolerance or constipation to it better to take it in between the meals
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Dr. Bharani Kumar Dayanandam
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Once daily after food
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