What Types of Drugs Contain Calcium Carbonate and Magnesium?
Each tablet contains 0.5 g of calcium carbonate (equivalent to 0.2 g of calcium). Excipients: white sugar, peach gum, starch, magnesium stearate.
- Calcium carbonate tablets are used to prevent and treat calcium deficiency, such as osteoporosis, tetany, osteogenesis, rickets, and calcium supplementation for children, pregnant and lactating women, menopausal women, and the elderly.
- Drug Name
- Calcium carbonate tablets
- Hanyu Pinyin
- Tan Suan Gai Pian
- Drug type
- Occupational injury medical insurance
- Use classification
- Antacid
Ingredients of calcium carbonate tablets
- Each tablet contains 0.5 g of calcium carbonate (equivalent to 0.2 g of calcium). Excipients: white sugar, peach gum, starch, magnesium stearate.
Calcium carbonate flakes
- This product is a white round tablet with a slightly sweet taste.
Types of calcium carbonate tablets
- This product is a mineral over-the-counter medicine.
Indications for calcium carbonate tablets
- It is used to prevent and treat calcium deficiency, such as osteoporosis, hand-foot twitch disease, bone hypoplasia, rickets, and calcium supplementation in children, pregnant and lactating women, menopausal women, and the elderly.
Specifications of calcium carbonate tablets
- Each tablet contains 0.5 g of calcium carbonate (equivalent to 0.2 g of calcium)
Calcium carbonate tablets dosage
- oral. Take 1 to 6 tablets daily with divided meals.
Adverse reactions of calcium carbonate tablets
- 1. Hold your breath and constipation.
2. Occasionally milk-alkali syndrome may occur, manifested by hypercalcemia, alkalosis and renal insufficiency. (Caused by milk and calcium carbonate, or calcium carbonate alone).
3. Excessive long-term use can cause rebound increase in gastric acid secretion, and hypercalcemia can occur.
Calcium carbonate tablets contraindications
- Hypercalcemia, hypercalciuria, calcium-containing kidney stones or patients with a history of kidney stones are contraindicated.
Precautions for calcium carbonate tablets
- 1. Cardiorenal insufficiency should be used with caution.
2. Those who are allergic to this product are prohibited, and those with allergies should use it with caution.
3. It is forbidden to use this product when its properties are changed.
4. Keep this product out of the reach of children.
5. Children must use under adult supervision.
6. If you are using other medicines, please consult your physician or pharmacist before using this product.
Calcium carbonate tablets drug interactions
- 1. This product should not be used in combination with digitalis.
2. Drinking a lot of alcoholic and caffeinated beverages and smoking a lot will inhibit the absorption of calcium.
3. Eating a lot of foods rich in cellulose can inhibit the absorption of calcium, because calcium and cellulose combine to form non-absorbable compounds
4. This product is used with phenytoin sodium and tetracycline, the absorption of both is reduced
5. Vitamin D, birth control pills, and estrogen can increase calcium absorption.
6. When aluminum-containing antacids are taken with this product, aluminum absorption increases.
7. When this product is used in combination with thiazide diuretics, it is prone to calcemia (due to the increase in renal tubular reabsorption of calcium).
8. When combining this product with potassium-containing drugs, attention should be paid to the occurrence of arrhythmia.
9. Drug interactions may occur if used concurrently with other drugs, please consult your physician or pharmacist for details.
Pharmacological effects of calcium carbonate tablets
- This product is involved in the formation of bones and the reconstruction of bone tissue after fractures, as well as muscle contraction, nerve transmission, coagulation mechanisms, and reduction of capillary permeability.
Storage of calcium carbonate tablets
- Sealed and stored in a dry place.
Packaging of calcium carbonate tablets
- Packed in solid medicinal plastic bottles, 100 tablets / bottle / box.
Calcium carbonate tablets expiration date
- 24 months
Calcium Carbonate Tablets
- Ministry of Health Standard (Trial) Standard No. WS-512 (X-444) -97