Description
Therapeutic Uses:
It is used
- For maintaining healthy bones and teeth
- To maintain levels of the vitamin D3 in your body
- To treat and prevent calcium deficiency
- To treat certain bone conditions such as osteoporosis
- In patients undergoing kidney dialysis to remove excess phosphate from the blood.
Warning & Precautions:
Talk to your doctor before taking this medicine, if you:
- Are allergic to calcium carbonate, vitamin D3 or any of the other ingredients of this medicine
- Have higher than normal levels of calcium in your blood
- Have severe kidney failure
- Have osteoporosis (thinning of the bones) due to long periods of inactivity, such as long-term bed rest
- Have sarcoidosis (inflammation that produces lumps of cells in various organs in the body).
Pregnancy & Breast Feeding:
- If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, ask your doctor for advice before taking this medicine.
Interactions:
Tell your doctor, if you are taking:
- Calcium supplements or antacids for indigestion
- Digoxin, diuretics or corticosteroids
- Thyroxine, bisphosphonates, iron or fluoride medicines, tetracycline or quinolone antibiotics.
Directions & For Use:
- Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor has told you
If you take more CIPCAL
- If you take more of this medicine contact your doctor immediately
If you forget to take CIPCAL
- If you forget to take CIPCAL take them as soon as possible and then continue to take them as normal. Do not take a double dose to make up for forgotten dose
If you stop taking CIPCAL
- Do not stop taking this medicine. Always talk to your doctor before you stop taking this medicine.
Side Effects:
Serious:
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
- Allergic reactions marked by itching, wheezing, rash, swelling of the tongue or throat.
RARE:
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
- Constipation, wind, feeling sick, stomach ache, diarrhoea
- Skin rash
- Hypercalcaemia (too much calcium in your blood) or hypercalciuria (too much calcium in your urine).
More Information:
- Keep this medicine out of reach of children
- Store at room temperature (15-25ºC)
- Do not use this medicine after the expiry date.
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