Calcium citrate with vitamin D is most often presented in the form of tablets of light gray or white color. They are produced in the form of a flat cylinder with a strip in the center. Also on the finished product you can see the notch and chamfer. The consistency is homogeneous, small inclusions are possible.
Composition per tablet:
- Citrate at 10% moisture content is 0.50g. If you calculate it as ordinary calcium, you get about 0.1060g.
- Vitamin D - cholecalciferol. Converted to 67 IU - 0.00070
- Methylcellulose microcrystals.
- Potato starch.
- Calcium stearate.
- Croscarmellose sodium.
- Talc.
Produced in solid form and classified as a pharmacological group of combined vitamins. The price for calcemin does not exceed 300 rubles.
Effect on the body
Complex remedy involved in the regulation of calcium and phosphorus metabolism in the body. Compensates for the lack of vitamin D, performing important functions in the regulation of nerve conduction and muscle contraction. Acts as an element of the mechanism of hematopoiesis, takes part in the formation of bone tissue, dental mineralization, as well asmaintaining cardiovascular activity.
Vitamin D, or as it is also called cholecalciferol, is directly involved in controlling the metabolism of substances useful for the body, improves the absorption of calcium by the intestines, and also has a beneficial effect on the reabsorption of phosphorus by the kidneys. One serving contains 10-15 percent of a person's daily requirement for a substance.
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This drug is prescribed for the prevention and complex therapy of osteoporosis, which happens:
- Postmenopausal.
- Steroid.
- Idiopathic.
Also, the combination drug works effectively for fractures, various complications and is used to make up for the lack of useful elements. Calcium citrate with vitamin D can be prescribed as an adjuvant after a long period of fasting, or when the patient has an increased need:
- during childbearing and breastfeeding;
- during the period of active growth by teenagers from fourteen years old.
Calcium citrate instructions
Vitamin is prescribed for adults and adolescents over thirteen years of age, 1-2 tablets three times a day. Individual dosages may be prescribed, depending on each individual case. The serving should be swallowed with a sufficient amount of water.
The course of application will depend onfeatures of the pathology. The duration of therapy in which Solgar calcium citrate (or another brand) is used is four weeks. According to the results of the examination, if indications are revealed after seven days, treatment can be continued according to the same scheme. It is necessary to arrange unloading for the body in the form of a week break after each course of taking the medicine. Calcium citrate with vitamin D can be taken six tablets per day, it is not recommended to exceed this dosage.
Negative manifestations
Prolonged use of a substance in high concentrations can lead to hypercalcemia, a violation of the kidneys. As an individual side effect, an allergic reaction is manifested. Very rarely, dyspeptic symptoms occur - constipation, attacks of pain in the intestines, nausea.
Calcium citrate with vitamin D is not recommended for:
- Increased susceptibility to one of the constituent elements of the drug.
- Hypercalcemia or hypercaciuria.
- Primary or secondary hyperparathyroidism caused by prolonged immobility.
- Sarkiodose.
- Severe kidney failure.
- Urolithiasis pathology.
- Osteoporosis.
- Children under thirteen.
Overdose
As a result of acute or repeated overdose of a substance, hypercalcemia may begin to develop. It is caused by hypersensitivity to one of the components, namely vitamin D. Poisoning effects occur whentaking more than a hundred tablets at a time.
Obvious signs of poisoning are:
- Intermittent nausea.
- Development of anorexia.
- Intestinal problems.
- Unwell.
- The appearance of myalgia.
- Migraine.
- Kidney failure.
- Jumps in blood pressure.
- The occurrence of crystalluria, heartburn, diarrhea.
- Faints.
You can get rid of negative manifestations by canceling the intake of the substance. After that, a large volume of liquid is injected into the body and a strict diet with a reduced calcium content is prescribed. With obvious hypercalcemia, intravenous infusion of saline solutions is used. The patient is administered furosemide, and hemodialesia is also used.
Calcium citrate: price
Production of the combined substance is not too expensive, for calcemin the price, as a rule, does not exceed three hundred rubles. It may vary depending on the region and shipping costs. This drug is included in the list of relatively inexpensive vitamins and is available to the general population.
Conclusion
Precisely because of its availability, the drug does not cause serious concern in patients. However, failure to follow the recommendations for its use can lead to the development of pathologies that deal a heavy blow to the body. Do not exceed the indicated daily allowance without a doctor's prescription. Also, do not take the drug yourself without a compelling need. Combined vitamins are prescribed by a specialist as a therapeutic measure and require careful attention to dosage.
