Whether or not you can take calcium tablets should be judged according to whether or not you have osteoporosis. If you are a patient with osteoporosis, you should take calcium tablets regardless of whether or not you have osteophytes. If there is no osteoporosis, there is no need to take calcium tablets. Taking calcium tablets and such drugs as vitamin D will not aggravate the degree of osteophytes. Osteoporosis is caused by the loss of bone mass due to chronic calcium deficiency in the body, which leads to brittle bones and increases the risk of fracture. Osteomalacia, on the other hand, is simply the degeneration, deformation, and proliferation of bones due to continuous injury, muscle pull, or frictional compression between bones as we age. Some osteophytes can irritate the surrounding soft tissues and produce symptoms such as pain, while others do not have any specific symptoms.