Calcium Carbonate
Calcium Carbonate
The characteristic
Powder or crystals of white colour without a smell and taste. It is practically insoluble in water, we will dissolve in the dissolved hydrochloric and nitric acids with carbon dioxide allocation. Contains 40 % of calcium.
Pharmacology
Pharmacological action - antiacid, antiulcerous, filling shortage of calcium. Will neutralise a hydrochloric acid and reduces acidity of a gastric juice. Operates quickly, but after the termination of buffer influence intensifying of secretion of a gastric juice becomes perceptible. Normalises electrolytic balance. Inhibits activity of osteoclasts.
Application
Gastric juice and disease hyperacidity GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, proceeding on its background (an acute gastritis, a chronic gastritis in an exacerbation phase, an acute duodenitis, a stomach and duodenum peptic ulcer in an exacerbation phase, symptomatic ulcers of a various genesis, mucosa erosion GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, a reflux-ezofagit, a heartburn after the superfluous use of ethanol, nicotine, coffee, errors in a diet); an osteoporosis; a rachitis and caries at children (preventive maintenance and treatment); an osteomalacia, a tetany; the raised requirement for a calcium (pregnancy, feeding by a breast, the period of intensive growth at children, etc.); a hypocalcemia (at the raised deducing or the lowered absorption, a hypoparathyrosis, a renal osteodystrophy); allergic reactions (auxiliary treatment).
Contraindications
Hypersensitivity, hypercalcemia ( a vitamin D overdosage, osteal metastasises), a hypercalcuria, chronic renal insufficiency, a plural myeloma, a sarcoidosis .
Side effects
Allergic reactions, the dyspeptic phenomena (a pain in epigastriums, a meteorism, a nausea, a constipation/diarrhea), secondary intensifying of gastric secretion, a hypercalcemia (at a dose more than 2 g calcium a day).
Overdosage
Symptoms: a hypercalcemia or an is milk-alkaline syndrome (at a dose more than 2 g calcium a day) - a headache, delicacy, appetite disturbance (up to an anorexia), a nausea, vomiting, a constipation, an abdominal pain, thirst, a polyuria, slackness, a pain in muscles and joints, disturbance of a warm rhythm, a lesion of kidneys.
Treatment: a gastric lavage, appointment of the activated coal, symptomatic therapy, maintenance of the vital functions.
Way of application and dose
Inside, on 0,25-1 g 2-3 times a day.
Safety measures
At long treatment it is necessary to supervise concentration Ca + in urine.
In the big doses, especially against a milk diet, can cause a hypercalcemia or an is milk-alkaline syndrome.
Special indicatings and safety measures:
Preparations of Calcium and carbonate magnesium are not intended for long application.
If a preparation usage does not lead to disappearance of symptoms, it is necessary to address for consultation to the doctor.
At appointment of preparations of Calcium and magnesium of a carbonate persons with disturbances of function of kidneys it is necessary to supervise regularly concentration of magnesium and calcium in blood serum (a hypercalcemia). In such cases it is necessary to abstain from long treatment in high doses. A sick diabetes it is necessary to consider Saccharum maintenance in tablets.
It is not recommended to prescribe a preparation to children aged till 12 years.
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