Calcium Acetate
Information about Calcium Acetate
Calcium Acetate Uses
Calcium Acetate is used in the treatment of High phosphate levels in blood.
How Calcium Acetate works
Calcium Acetate contains calcium acetate that binds with the phosphate in the food you eat, so that it gets eliminated from the body without being absorbed. In this way, high levels of phosphate in the blood are reduced.
Common side effects of Calcium Acetate
Increased calcium level in blood, Nausea1a, Diarrhea
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Expert advice for Calcium Acetate
- Calcium Acetate is used to control high blood levels of phosphorus in people with kidney disease who are on dialysis.
- Ask your doctor before using an antacid containing calcium while taking this medicine.
- Do not take additional calcium supplements unless your doctor has told you to while on treatment with Calcium Acetate.
- If you are on thyroid medication, take this medicine 4 hours before or 4 hours after you take the thyroid medicine.
- Avoid taking any antibiotics along with Calcium Acetate. You may give a gap of 1-2 hours between the medicines.