Product Description
Tablets
Calcium 500 mg
( Dietary supplement )
Product Data
Composition:
Each tablet of Bone-Cal contains: elemental calcium 500 mg (as 1250 mg of calcium carbonate obtained from oyster shell). Also contains the following inactive ingredients: Cross carmellose sodium, Cellulose, Talc, Magnesium stearate, Quinoline yellow, Titanium dioxide, Yellow iron oxide, Ponceu , Polyethylene glycol.
Indications And Usage:
As a dietary supplement where calcium intake may be inadequate: during childhood, adolescence, pregnancy, lactation, in postmenopausal women and the aged.
In the treatment of calcium deficiency state which may occur in diseases such as hypoparathyroidism (acute and chronic); pseudohypoparathyroidism, postmenopausal and senile osteoporosis, rickets and osteomalacia.
Contraindications:
Hypercalcemia and hypercalciuria (e.g., hyperparathyroidism, vitamin D overdosage, decalcifying tumors such as plasmocytoma, bone metastases); severe renal disease; and in calcium loss due to immobilization.
Adverse Reactions:
Occasional constipation may occur with high calcium carbonate intake.
Dosage & Administration:
One 500 mg. tablet 1 to 3 times a day with meals or as directed by the physician.
How Supplied:
Strips of 10 tablets in packs of 1, 2, 3 strips.
Precautions:
In mild hypercalciuria (exceeding 300 mg /24 hours) as well as in chronic renal failure, or where there is evidence of stone formation in the urinary tract, adequate checks must be kept on urinary calcium excretion. If necessary, dosage should be reduced or calcium therapy discontinued.
High vitamin D intake should be avoided during calcium therapy unless especially indicated.
Certain dietary substances interfere with the absorption of calcium. These include oxalic acid (found in large quantities in rhubarb and spinach), phytic acid (bran and whole cereals) and phosphorus (milk and other dairy products).
Administration of corticosteroids may interfere with calcium absorption.
Calcium compounds reduce blood concentrations of oral tetracyclines.
Concomitant use should be avoided or doses of the drugs should not be taken within 3 hours of each other.
