" Calcium glycerophosphate " (Latin Calcium glycerophosphate) - the name of the drug.
The active substance is calcium glycerophosphate.
The composition of the drug is a mixture of calcium (RS) -2,3-dihydroxypropyl phosphate and 2-hydroxy-1- (hydroxymethyl) ethyl phosphate of varying composition, calcium polyhydrate.
Basic physical and chemical properties:
Flat cylindrical tablets in white.
The composition of the preparation:
Two tenths of calcium glycerophosphate per tablet and excipients - talc, calcium stearate and potato starch.
Product release form:
Tablets.
Pharmacotherapeutic group:
Mineral supplements.
The pharmacodynamics of the drug "Calcium Glycerophosphate" instructions for its use are described as follows:
A tool that is designed to make up for a deficiency of calcium in the body and stimulate anabolic processes in it. Its ions are directly involved in the transmission of impulses along nerve fibers, contractions of both smooth and striated muscles, myocardial function, and blood coagulation. They are also necessary in the formation of bone tissue, maintaining the balance of electrolytes and for the normal functioning of various organs and systems. The drug normalizes calcium and phosphorus metabolism, and also exhibits a general strengthening effect.
The pharmacokinetics of the drug "Calcium Glycerophosphate" describes the instructions for its use as follows:
In the gastrointestinal tract, calcium is absorbed in ionized form and then distributed throughout the tissues. Exactly half of its total amount contained in blood serum is precisely the ionic form. Five percent of it is connected in the form of ionic complexes, forty-five percent is associated with blood proteins. About twenty percent of the calcium excreted from the body leaves it with urine, and eighty percent with feces.
Indications for use of the drug "Calcium Glycerophosphate" instruction gives the following:
Hypocalcemia, decreased body resistance, overwork, malnutrition, depletion of the central nervous system, rickets (as a tonic).
The drug "Calcium Glycerophosphate" is prescribed for children in cases of development of hypocalcemia, dystrophy and rickets.
Dosage and administration
The drug "Calcium Glycerophosphate" instruction recommends taking as follows:
Assign it inside after eating. Adults take one to two tablets (two to four tenths of a gram) two to three times a day. For children, including newborns - one tablet (two tenths of a gram) once or three times a day. For children under the age of one year, the tablets must be ground and dissolved in a small amount of water, fruit juice or milk. The usual duration of the course of treatment is from two to four weeks, if necessary, repeat it.
The side effect that the drug “Calcium Glycerophosphate” can have, the instructions for its use result in the following:
Mild nausea, diarrhea, abdominal pain, constipation, hypercalcemia and hypercalciuria.
Contraindications to this drug:
Hypersensitivity to the drug, hypercalciuria, hypercalcemia , severe atherosclerosis, thrombosis, increased blood coagulation, severe renal failure.
Overdose of the drug:
Symptoms of an overdose - hypercalcemia, severe nausea, constipation, diarrhea, abdominal pain. Treatment consists in stopping the use of the drug and using the antidote - calcitonin, it must be administered intravenously in an amount of five to ten IU per kilogram of body weight per day.
There are positive reviews about the preparation “Calcium Glycerophosphate,” including their beneficial effects as an auxiliary substance with rapid muscle building.