"FOSRENOL" Who uses it or has tried it?

[goofynina]

I hate to discuss this openly like this but i would like some advice as well,  I am on Fosrenol and there have been a couple of times where i have thrown up what i just ate after trying to chew and swallow these damn pills,  it doesnt happen all the time, but it's almost like i upset my stomach so much in the middle of the meal just thinking i have to take them that by the time i do take them, i am just so grossed out, up they come,  i didnt have that problem in the beginning, but it seems like the more i take them, the harder it is for me to get them down.  I was on Renagel to begin with but because my phosphorus was always running high, they switched me to this, but, i never took my renagels faithfully so i am hoping to talk to my nephrologist and see if can try either renagels again or phoslo,  i swear under oath your honor, that i Susan (Goofynina) will take my pills faithfully if you please give me the chance   (how did that sound?)  pathetic enough? or needs a little more drama?  i will work on it

[kitkatz]

Pathetic but truthful.  I, too, am bad about it.  Just had lunch and took the Fosrenol like a good girl should.   Sometimes I just get sick of being sick!!  Then I look at how patient my husband is and I say Geez! With all he has going on and he is still nice.  I just cannot do it!  I cannot be nice sometimes it is just too much.  Stop me before I rant on!

[Zach]

From Shire, the makers of Fosrenol (lanthanum carbonate):

"... While lanthanum has been shown to accumulate in the GI tract, liver, and bone in animals, the clinical significance in humans is unknown."

There are always risks v. benefits.  The choice is yours.
 

[mixplix]

I take it, and renagel too. I like the taste though. I'm strange. No problems with nausea. Now the sensipar on the other hand makes me sick.