Edical 500 mg (Tablet)

Unit Price: ৳ 2.00 (50's pack: ৳ 100.00)

Medicine Details

Category Details
Generic Elemental calcium
Company Edruc limited

Indications

  • Treatment of calcium depletion
  • Prevention of calcium deficiency
  • Management of hyperidity
  • Fast relief of acid indigestion
  • Relief of heartburn
  • Relief of sour stomach
  • Relief of upset stomach

Pharmacology

  • Reacts with gastric acid to produce a salt and water
  • Diminishes the activity of pepsin in gastric secretion
  • Up to 30% oral calcium load absorption

Dosage & Administration

  • Oral use
  • Recommended doses for adults and children
  • Varied doses for specific conditions
  • Tailored doses for individual patients
  • Maximize effective phosphate binding by giving with meals

Interaction

  • Enhances cardiac effects of digoxin
  • Interferes with absorption of tetracycline preparations
  • Modifies vitamin D therapy in chronic renal failure

Contraindications

  • Hypercalcaemia
  • Hyperparathyroidism
  • Hypercalciuria
  • Nephrolithiasis
  • Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
  • Concomitant digoxin therapy
  • Patients with sarcoidosis
  • Patients with renal or cardiac disease

Side Effects

  • GI tract irritation
  • Constipation
  • Rarely produces hypercalcaemia

Pregnancy & Lactation

  • Widely used in pregnancy
  • Can be used in lactating women

Use in Special Populations

  • Safe and effective in children and infants with chronic renal failure
  • Constipation may be troublesome in elderly patients with renal failure

Therapeutic Class

  • Minerals in bone formation
  • Specific mineral preparations

Storage Conditions

  • Store in a cool, dry place
  • Controlled room temperature

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