Trigeminal Neuralgia does come and go spontaneously, so it is often difficult to know if any therapy or treatment is responsible or if it is just a natural part of the disorder. It may simply be a coincidence that your pain left when you quit taking the calcium supplements. Your body has calcium in it at all times--in fact calcium is absolutely necessary for your body to function. While having too little or too much calcium circulating in your blood stream, which can be measured by a blood test, can cause difficulties, (see the website below), the control of calcium that Dr. Vaughan talked about is at the cellular level. His article talks about the cell controlling the amount of calcium that comes and goes within its walls, not to the amount of calcium in the body.
I did not check on the origin of this website but they have an explanation of calcium, high and low levels, potential symptoms and problems, etc. that I hope will explain things better than I. As you will see, they also show that it is difficult to take too much calcium because the body gets rid of it unless there are other factors present.
http://www.faqs.org/nutrition/Ca-De/Calcium.html
Here are a few other websites that may be of help:
http://www.webmd.com/hw/lab_tests/hw3833.asp
http://www.uoregon.edu/~iishp/Nelson.html
If you have any other questions or concerns, please let me know. I would be glad to discuss treatments with you and send you some information. |
