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Calcium DS 500mg (Tablet)

Manufactured by: Albion Laboratories Ltd.

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Calcium DS is indicated for

  • Heartburn
  • Indigestion
  • Calcium deficiency
  • Hypocalcaemia
  • Hyperphosphatemia
  • Calcium supplement
  • Stomach upset

Precautions and warnings

If you are allergic to calcium carbonate or have any other allergies, notify your doctor or pharmacist before taking it. Some brands of this product may contain inactive substances like milk or dairy products, which might cause allergic reactions or other issues. For further information, speak with your pharmacist.

Consult your doctor or pharmacist before taking this drug if you have any of the following health problems: High calcium levels, stomach/intestinal blockage, and kidney illness, such as kidney stones, are all possible causes of kidney stones.

Aspartame may be present in some goods. Consult your doctor or pharmacist about how to use this drug safely if you have phenylketonuria or any other condition that requires you to limit your consumption of aspartame or phenylalanine.

Before taking this drug, tell your doctor if you are pregnant.

Side-effects

  • Constipation
  • flatulence; hypercalcaemia; metabolic alkalosis; milk-alkali syndrome
  • tissue-calcification. Gastric hypersecretion
  • acid rebound (with prolonged use).

Drug Interactions

Drug interactions can cause your prescriptions to perform differently or put you at risk for dangerous adverse effects. This list does not include all potential medication interactions. Keep a list of all the goods you use, including prescription and nonprescription medications, as well as herbal supplements, and discuss it with your doctor and pharmacist. Without your doctor's permission, do not begin, stop, or modify the dosage of any medications.

Digoxin, certain phosphate binders such as calcium acetate, phosphate supplements such as potassium phosphate, and sodium polystyrene sulfonate are some of the products that may interact with this medicine.

Other medications' absorption may be hampered by calcium carbonate. Tetracycline antibiotics such as doxycycline and minocycline, bisphosphonates such as alendronate and estramustine, iron, levothyroxine, pazopanib, strontium, and quinolone antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin, among others, are among the medications affected. As a result, keep your prescription dosages as widely apart as possible from your calcium carbonate doses. Ask your doctor or pharmacist how long you should wait between doses and if they can help you come up with a dosing regimen that works for all of your drugs.

All of your prescription and nonprescription/herbal products, such as supplements and vitamins, should be checked for calcium. Inquire with your pharmacist about the safe use of certain products.

Contraindications

Ca renal calculi or a history of renal calculi, hypercalcemia, and hypophosphatemia patients. Digoxin poisoning is suspected in patients.

Mode of actions

Calcium carbonate can quickly and effectively neutralize stomach acid. However, it may negatively activate Ca-dependent pathways, resulting in gastric and hydrochloric acid secretion. It can cause rebound acid secretion, as well as hypercalcemia, alkalosis, and milk-alkali syndrome if taken in large dosages for a long time.

Dosage & Administration

Adult: PO Hyperacidity: Take 1-2 tab as needed, up to a max of 16 tab/day. May suck or chew tablets.

Hyperphosphataemia in chronic renal failure Initial: 2.5 g/day, up to 17 g/day in divided doses.

Renal impairment:
CrCl (ml/min)

Pregnancy & Lactation

Although animal reproduction studies have shown an adverse effect on the fetus and there are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women, but during pregnancy, this medicine can be used just when definitely required despite potential risks.

Mothers with a newborn baby who have used this drug during the last 3 months of pregnancy may seldom create symptoms including drowsiness, muscle stiffness or shakiness, feeding or breathing troubles, constant crying. If you notice any of these symptoms of your baby's particularly during their first month, tell the doctor immediately.

This medicine passes into breast milk. Talk to your doctor before breastfeeding.

Pack Size & Price

50's pack Price : ৳

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