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CALCIUM LACTATE is a brand name for Calcium Lactate. The medicine, its uses, side effects and dosage are the same regardless of brand.
Used for: 1) Indicated for the treatment of calcium deficiency states as a therapeutic supplement in pregnancy, lactation, osteoporosis, post-gastrectomy malabsorption, osteomalacia and rickets.
Verbatim from this product's MHRA label. Tap a section to expand.
Calcium Lactate Tablets BP should not be taken for long periods without medical advice. Adults including elderly: 1-2 tablets (300-600mg) daily. 2g) daily.
Children over 3 years:
One tablet (300mg) daily. For oral administration.
Calcium salts may cause constipation. Reporting of suspected adverse reactions Reporting suspected adverse reactions after authorisation of the medicinal product is important. It allows continued monitoring of the benefit/risk balance of the medicinal product.
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Careful monitoring of blood levels and urinary calcium excretion is necessary, particularly when high dose calcium therapy has been used, especially in children. 75mmol/litre (105- 110mg/litre) or if urinary calcium excretion exceeds 5mg/kg.
Calcium salts should be administered with care to infants with hypokalaemia, as elevation of serum calcium levels may further reduce serum potassium levels. Calcium salts should be administered with caution to patients with impaired renal function, cardiac disease, or sarcoidosis.
3. Contra-indications Severe hypercalcaemia and hypercalciuria (eg hypervitaminosis D, hyperparathyroidism, severe renal failure, osteoporosis due to immobility and decalcifying tumours such as plasmocytoma and skeletal metastases).
Patients receiving therapy with cardiac glycosides such as digoxin must not be given calcium supplements.
Not medical advice. Always read the patient information leaflet and follow your prescriber or pharmacist.
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