This medication is used to prevent or treat low blood calcium levels in
people who do not get enough calcium from their diets.
It may be used to treat conditions caused by low calcium levels such as
bone loss (osteoporosis), weak bones (osteomalacia/rickets), decreased activity of the
parathyroid gland (hypoparathyroidism), and a certain muscle disease (latent tetany).
It may also be used in certain patients to make sure they are getting enough calcium
(e.g., women who are pregnant, nursing, or postmenopausal, people taking certain medications such as phenytoin,
phenobarbital, or prednisone).

TO BE TAKEN ORALLY, WITH A FULL GLASS OF WATER.
ADULT:
HYPOCALCEMIA : 1.25G (2 1/2 TABLET) TWO TO FOUR TIMES A DAY AFTER MEALS.
HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA : 5-13G (10-26 TABLET) PER DAY IN DIVIDED WITH MEALS.
ANTACID : 500MG (1 TABLET) THREE TO FOUR TIMES A DAY AFTER MEALS.

EACH TABLET CONTAINS :
PRECIPITATED CALCIUM CARBONATE 500MG

THE RISK OF ACID REBOUND FROM HIGH DOSES OR PROLONGED USE SHOULD
BE BORNE IN MIND WHEN CALCIUM CARBONATE IS BEING USED AS AN ANTACID.
CALCIUM SALTS SHOULD BE GIVEN CAUTIOUSLY TO PATIENTS WITH IMPAIRED
RENAL FUNCTION, CARDIAC DISEASE, OR SARCOIDOSIS.