Calcium Glycerophosphate: Instruction

"Glycerophosphate of calcium" (lat.Calcium glycerophosphate) is the name of the preparation.

The active substance is calcium glycerophosphate.

The composition of the preparation 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:

Ploskotsilindricheskie tablets of white color.

Preperate composition:

Two tenths of a gram of calcium glycerophosphate per tablet and auxiliaries - talc, calcium stearate and potato starch.

Form of preparation:

Pills.

Pharmacotherapeutic group:

Mineral additives.

Pharmacodynamics of the preparation "Calcium Glycerophosphate" instruction for its use describes thus:

A remedy that is designed to fill the deficiency of calcium in the body and stimulate the anabolic processes in it. Its ions are directly involved in the transfer of impulses along nerve fibers, contractions of both smooth and striated muscles, the work of the myocardium, and the coagulation of blood. 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 the calcium and phosphorus metabolism, and also shows a general strengthening effect.

Pharmacokinetics of the preparation "Calcium glycerophosphate" instruction for its use describes as follows:

In the gastrointestinal tract, calcium is absorbed in ionized form and then distributed to tissues. Exactly half of its total amount, contained in the 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 the use of the drug "Calcium Glycerophosphate" instruction gives these:

Hypocalcemia, decreased body resistance, overfatigue, hypotrophy, central nervous system depletion, rickets (as a general restorative).

The preparation "Calcium Glycerophosphate" is prescribed for children in cases of development of hypocalcemia, dystrophy and rickets.

Dosing and Administration

The preparation "Calcium Glycerophosphate" recommends the following:

Assign it or him inside, after reception of nutrition. Adults take one or two tablets (two to four tenths of a gram) two or three times a day. For children, including newborns - one tablet (two tenths of a gram), one to three times a day. To children, the age of which has not reached the year, the tablets must be grinded and dissolved in a small amount of water, juice from fruit or milk. The usual duration of the course of treatment is two to four weeks, if necessary repeat it.

The side effect that the preparation "Calcium Glycerophosphate" can give the instruction on its application leads to the following:

Slightly expressed nausea, diarrhea, abdominal pain, constipation, hypercalcemia and hypercalciuria.

Contraindications to this drug:

Hypersensitivity to the drug, hypercalciuria, hypercalcemia, severe atherosclerosis, thrombosis, increased blood coagulability, severe renal failure.

Overdose of the drug:

Symptoms of overdose are hypercalcemia, severe nausea, constipation, diarrhea, abdominal pain. Treatment consists in stopping the medication and using the antidote calcitonin, it should be administered intravenously in an amount of five to ten IU per kilogram of body weight per day.

About the preparation "Glycerophosphate calcium" reviews are positive, including they relate to its beneficial effects as an auxiliary substance with the rapid build-up of muscle mass.