Here is a collection of user reviews for the medication Sensipar sorted by most helpful. 
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I've been taking this medication for about 2 months now and the only thing I've noticed is that my calcium level has decreased. It has not done anything for my phos. level and I am getting discouraged with the medication. It doesn't seem to be helping in the specific areas that I was encouraged to take the medicine for. Published: March 04, 2008 ::
my nephlogist has written prescriptions for Rocaltrol, Calcitriol, zemplar, and sensipar. My insurance company will not pay for these medications. They said that they are not covered by our plan. What is so different about these medications that insurance will not cover them? Published: May 05, 2008 ::
Hi, I'm talking a host of medication now while awaiting a kidney transplant. I sympathize with those of you who are taking yet another drug, but my real question now is that I started the medication and expected a little naseau or tummy upset, not a full blown rush to ememergency for severe stomach pain the next day! Although they said it might have been a paratoneal infection I find that really convenient when I had no usual symptoms. I've had this before but not the the degree where I was flat on back in emergency screaming due to severe pain. Okay so I'm on the antibiotics now, but we still don't know what happened. De. I don't want to take the medicine if it isn't going to control the intial problems. Try as I might to convince medical experts that I am not the usual dialysis patient, they are always on a wait and see experience and then when it all comes true they are flabbergasted. This isn't a condition that is supposed to leave a person stumped. The medication is $420 a bottle for 30 pills and to me there has got to be something else I can take that works better at a lessor rate. Sure I have insurance, but gees. Published: February 16, 2009 ::
Sensipar is to decrease the PTH, however it also reduced my Calcium and Phosphorus. The decrease in Calcium made it easier for me to take Phos Lo for my binder, which is much cheaper than the others. My bone pain has also went away. I am now on a transplant list. Published: October 09, 2008 ::
When I first took it there was a good reaction. So much so I had to stop taking the medcine. My doseage was doubled and I appears to not be working now. I have been taking the medication for over a year with little improvement. Published: December 02, 2007 ::
I continue to be made nauseated by this medication. Published: April 22, 2009 ::
Is the medication available in Mexico? Published: July 19, 2009 ::
When on this medication i get sick Published: July 09, 2009 ::
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It helped with my phosphorus, but hurt my calcium numbers. Published: October 14, 2007 ::