Calcium Carbonate Tablets
Calcium Carbonate Tablets is a bone support medication containing Calcium carbonate, available as 500mg tablets.
- Category
- Bone Support
- Active ingredient
- Calcium carbonate
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Tablet
- Strengths
- 500mg
You will receive a quality generic, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Calcium Carbonate Tablets vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Calcium deficiency · Osteoporosis
- Alternative Name
- Calcichew, Adcal
- Therapeutic Class
- Calcium Supplement
- Pharmacological Class
- Alkaline Earth Metal
- Known Off-label Uses
- dyspepsia
- Minor Side Effects
- flatulence, constipation, nausea
- Moderate Side Effects
- hypercalcaemia, hypercalciuria
- Dosage Forms
- Tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Available without prescription
- Originator
- Various
- Onset Time
- 30–60 minutes
- Duration
- 12 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store in a cool, dry place.
- Drug Interactions
- tetracycline antibiotics, bisphosphonates, quinolone antibiotics
What you will receive
Calcium Carbonate Tablets is a generic medicine sold under the name of its active ingredient, Calcium carbonate, rather than under a brand.
- You receive a quality generic; the exact manufacturer depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- It contains the same active ingredient as the brand-name versions, at the same dose, by regulatory standard.