Calcium

Country of origin: Germany
Pharm-Group: Astringent, enveloping and antacid agents of magnesium and calcium

Manufacturers: Huxol (Germany)
International name: Calcium carbonate
Synonyms: Additiva calcium, Additiva calcium, Bartel drugs antacid tablets, Vitacalcin, Calcium carbonate, Precipitated calcium carbonate, Upsavit calcium
Dosage forms: effervescent tablets
Composition: Active substance - Calcium carbonate.

Indications for use:

1. Hyperacidity of gastric juice and gastrointestinal diseases occurring against its background;
2. Osteoporosis, incl. postmenopausal (prevention and treatment);
3. Rickets and caries in children (prevention and treatment);
4. Osteomalacia, tetany;
5. Increased need for calcium (pregnancy, breastfeeding, periods of intensive growth in children, etc.);
6. Allergic reactions (auxiliary treatment).

Contraindications:

1. Hypercalcemia (hyperparathyroidism, vitamin D overdose, bone metastases);
2. Multiple myeloma;
3. Sarcoidosis;
4. Severe renal failure or severe hypercalciuria.

Side effect:

1. Dyspeptic symptoms (epigastric pain, flatulence, diarrhea/constipation);
2. Secondary increase in gastric secretion;
3. Hypercalcemia.

Interaction:

1. Reduces the absorption of tetracycline antibiotics, fluoride preparations, quinolone derivatives;
2. Increases the arrhythmogenic effect of digoxin;
3. Vitamin D increases absorption;
4. Thiazide diuretics (reduce urinary calcium excretion) - risk of developing hypercalcemia.

Overdose:
Symptoms: loss of appetite, thirst, nausea, constipation, lethargy, muscle and joint pain, heart rhythm disturbances.
Treatment: gastric lavage, administration of activated charcoal, symptomatic therapy, including maintenance of vital functions.

Special instructions:

1. Use with caution for nephrolithiasis.
2. In large doses, especially against the background of a dairy diet, it can cause hypercalcemia or milk-alkali syndrome (headache, weakness, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, constipation, thirst, kidney damage, polyuria).

Literature: Encyclopedia of Medicines, 2004.