CALTRATE 600 PLUS D3 (calcium carbonate/cholecalciferol (vitamin d3))


Drug overview for CALTRATE 600 PLUS D3 (calcium carbonate/cholecalciferol (vitamin d3)):

Generic name: CALCIUM CARBONATE/CHOLECALCIFEROL (VITAMIN D3)
Drug class: Calcium
Therapeutic class: Electrolyte Balance-Nutritional Products

Calcium salts are used as a source of calcium, an essential nutrient cation.

Vitamin D analogs are used to prevent or treat rickets or osteomalacia and to manage hypocalcemia associated with hypoparathyroidism or pseudohypoparathyroidism. Since calcitriol is more expensive than ergocalciferol, use of the former drug is generally reserved for patients with inadequate metabolism of ergocalciferol. The initial treatment of severe hypocalcemia is immediate IV administration of a calcium salt such as calcium gluconate.

Vitamin D analogs are then used to maintain normocalcemia. Because of its shorter onset of action, calcitriol may be preferable to ergocalciferol in the acute treatment of hypocalcemia. Oral calcitriol also is used in the management of secondary hyperparathyroidism and resultant metabolic bone disease in patients with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease (CKD) who do not yet require maintenance dialysis therapy (predialysis patients) and in the management of hypocalcemia and resultant metabolic bone disease in patients with CKD undergoing dialysis.

IV calcitriol is used in the management of hypocalcemia in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing dialysis. IV or oral doxercalciferol is used for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with CKD undergoing dialysis. Oral doxercalciferol also is used for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with stage 3 or 4 CKD who do not yet require maintenance dialysis (predialysis patients).

IV paricalcitol is used in the prevention and treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with stage 5 CKD, while oral paricalcitol is used in the prevention and treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with stage 3 or 4 CKD as well as in those with stage 5 CKD requiring hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. Calcifediol is used in the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with stage 3 or 4 CKD and vitamin D insufficiency. Because of the risk of toxicity, therapy with vitamin D analogs should be closely monitored, and indiscriminate use of these drugs should be avoided.

Calcium salts are used as a source of calcium cation for the treatment or prevention of calcium depletion in patients in whom dietary measures are inadequate. Conditions that may be associated with calcium deficiency include hypoparathyroidism, achlorhydria, chronic diarrhea, vitamin D deficiency, steatorrhea, sprue, pregnancy and lactation, menopause, pancreatitis, renal failure, alkalosis, and hyperphosphatemia. Administration of certain drugs (e.g., some diuretics, anticonvulsants) may sometimes result in hypocalcemia which may warrant calcium replacement therapy.

Calcium should be administered in long-term electrolyte replacement regimens and is also recommended for the routine prophylaxis of hypocalcemia during transfusions with citrated blood. Administration of calcium salts should not preclude the use of other measures intended to correct the underlying cause of calcium depletion.
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  • CALTRATE 600 PLUS D3 TABLET
    CALTRATE 600 PLUS D3 TABLET
The following indications for CALTRATE 600 PLUS D3 (calcium carbonate/cholecalciferol (vitamin d3)) have been approved by the FDA:

Indications:
Hypocalcemia prevention
Hypocalcemia
Osteoporosis
Post-menopausal osteoporosis prevention
Prevention of vitamin D deficiency
Vitamin D deficiency


Professional Synonyms:
Abnormally decreased serum calcium prophylaxis
Abnormally decreased serum calcium
Hypocalcemia prophylaxis
Postmenopausal osteoporosis prophylaxis