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Does Barium have Calories?

DX14AG Posts: 1,055 Joined: 2004/07/22	2004/12/28, 08:53 PM ok, so I'm going to go take aCT scan tomorrow and they want me to drink barium 3 hours before the appointment, and then one hour from it. What I was wondering, if anybody knows, is if Barium has any calories? DX
howdiekat Posts: 1,345 Joined: 2003/05/22	2004/12/29, 01:33 AM i pity you for having to drink barium. the taste is significantly less than desirable. the barium you'll be drinking is not straight-up barium, but barium sulfate (BaSO4). you can read about it and its uses here: http://www.drugs.com/cons/Barium_Sulfate.html i don't really think it has any calories to speak of, just a really, really horrible chalk taste. i've heard that now they can flavor it though. wouldn't that be lovely -- flavored chalk. anyway, barium is an alkaline metal, sulfur is a non-metal, and oxygen is a gas -- between the three elements i'm not sure how many calories are going to come out of it. i don't think i'd be too worried. good luck with the test and drink lots of water afterward. -------------- i wish you ill, ice-t. margarine is a liar who announces, "i am butter!"
princesslodgey Posts: 1,748 Joined: 2004/02/21	2004/12/29, 08:01 AM not wishing to put too fine a point on it, I think that barium goes pretty much straight through you, so if it isn't absorbed, then it can't have many calories. It's only a one-off anyway, so as Howdie says, don't be too worried. good luck.
DX14AG Posts: 1,055 Joined: 2004/07/22	2004/12/29, 09:54 AM Thanks. I just had it a while ago, and I'm about to have right now again. 9:00. It does taste pretty disgusting, but as you said Howdie they are starting to flavor it. When I got the bottle, I thought it was going to taste pretty good because it's a banana flavor. My first sip was pretty good actually until maybe a second or two after. It hada horrible aftertaste! I guess they're never going to make this thing taste any better. It is like flavored chalk. I feel sorry for myself. :surprised: But it's gotta happen so here I go drinking my second bottle. Bad thing about drinking it is that your not supposed to chug it down. It says to sip it. doesn't that suck. Well thanks for the information and the site. I will be sure to drink plenty of water after. Wait, can you drink the water after you drink the barium or after you take the CT scan? Thanks DX
howdiekat Posts: 1,345 Joined: 2003/05/22	2004/12/29, 11:35 AM after the ct. -------------- i wish you ill, ice-t. margarine is a liar who announces, "i am butter!"
DX14AG Posts: 1,055 Joined: 2004/07/22	2004/12/29, 03:48 PM oh ok thanks. The CT is over with and so is the Barium. Thank god! They made me drink a little bit more of the stuff when I got there which sucked. I don't know what the stuff they inject in you is called, but man is it awesome! It makes you feel all warm. It felt good but it kinda made me uncomfortable once I started feeling warmth in my (cough). DX
Reddy Posts: 597 Joined: 2003/09/11	2004/12/29, 04:08 PM *giggles* I hope I don't have a CT but knowing that should help make things better -------------- Reddy All people smile in the same language