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Calcium Information

What's inside Calcium

Calcium Active Ingredients: calcium (as carbonate), calcium carbonate, details.
Calcium Dosages & Strengths
Strength Format Route Strength Class
Calcium 600 mg tablet oral 1.0 each OTC
Calcium 1250 mg tablet oral 1.0 each OTC

Recent Calcium Side Effects

Posted by jeff_reinhardt over 3 years ago
I have gout and reciently had one of my parathyroid glands removed because it was producing to much calcium. The medication ...


Calcium in the News

Climate change affecting fish hearing - ABC Online
Dr Monica Gagliano from James Cook University says fish are less able to absorb calcium when water is too acidic. "Fish, like other calcifying organism like ...
Mon Mar 10 04:12:12 -0400 2008

Family health: Watch food choices no matter where your family eats - commercialappeal.com (subscription)
Many of us do not get enough calcium. Too many girls and women avoid dairy products and drink sodas instead. Even diet drinks may contribute to weight gain ...
Mon Mar 10 01:13:45 -0400 2008

Sault not feeling salt pinch yet; Stockpile of 7500 tons, costing ... - Sault Star
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Mon Mar 10 05:52:11 -0400 2008


Calcium Chemical Information

calcium (as carbonate)

calcium carbonate - The carbonic salt of calcium (CaCO3). Calcium carbonate is used therapeutically as a phosphate buffer in hemodialysis, as an antacid in gastric hyperacidity for temporary relief of indigestion and heartburn, and as a calcium supplement for preventing and treating osteoporosis. (NCI04)





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