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Coral Calcium

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Coral Calcium


Drug Uses

Coral Calcium is a formula designed to alkalize your body and raise the body pH level, increase bone density, and inhibit bone loss. It raises blood oxygen levels.

Coral Calcium Benefits:

* Coral calcium restores your alkalinity and builds your immune system so you can help your body to regenerate good health.
* Provides essential calcium to help maintain bone integrity and health.
* Coral calcium doesn’t cure disease; it simply helps regulate pH levels, which helps maintain good health.
* Supports mineral levels in the body, especially with regard to natural hormonal fluctuations.
* Helps the body detoxify and cleanse itself and helps to protect your body from free radical damage.
* Contains trace minerals similar to the human skeleton.
* Coral calcium is bio-available, which means you can’t take too much. What your body doesn’t need it expels.
* Breaks down heavy metals and drug residues in your body.
* Neutralizes harmful acids that can lead to disease.

How Taken

Use Coral Calcium as directed by your doctor.

* If you are using this medicine without a prescription, follow the instructions on the medicine label. Ask your pharmacist or health caregiver if you are not sure how much calcium you should take in one day.
* Most calcium supplements should be taken with food. Drink a full glass of water (8 ounces) with each dose, unless you are on kidney dialysis.
* If you need to take more than one dose each a day, take each dose at evenly spaced times, unless your doctor has told you otherwise.

Ask your health care provider any questions you may have about how to use Coral Calcium.

Drug Class and Mechanism

Coral Calcium supplies your body with calcium that your body needs to work properly and expels what it does not.

Missed Dose

If you miss a dose or forget to use your medicine, use it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, wait until then to use the medicine and skip the missed dose. Do not use extra medicine to make up for a missed dose.

Storage

Store Coral Calcium at 77 degrees F (25 degrees C). Store away from heat, moisture, and light. Brief storage at temperatures between 59 and 86 degrees F (15 and 30 degrees C) is permitted. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep Coral Calcium out of the reach of children and away from pets.

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Rocaltrol

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Rocaltrol

Drug Uses

This is a form of vitamin D, a fat-soluble vitamin stored in the body. Vitamin D is necessary for normal bone development. This medication is used as a dietary supplement to help prevent and treat rickets (a vitamin D deficiency). It is also used to prevent and treat muscle cramps and certain types of calcium and phosphate disorders (such as with chronic dialysis), and to regulate parathyroid hormone.

How Taken

Capsules must be swallowed whole. Do not crush or chew them. If you are prescribed the liquid form, use as directed. Follow dosing instructions closely. Do not increase your dose without doctor’s approval. Do not take this medication with mineral oil or magnesium containing antacids which may reduce its effects.

Drug Class and Mechanism

Rocaltrol (calcitriol) is a synthetic vitamin D analog which is active in the regulation of the absorption of calcium from the gastrointestinal tract and its utilization in the body. All dosage forms contain butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) as antioxidants. The capsules contain a fractionated triglyceride of coconut oil, and the oral solution contains a fractionated triglyceride of palm seed oil. Gelatin capsule shells contain glycerin, parabens (methyl and propyl) and sorbitol. The two known sites of action of calcitriol are intestine and bone. A calcitriol receptor-binding protein appears to exist in the mucosa of human intestine. Additional evidence suggests that calcitriol may also act on the kidney and the parathyroid glands. Calcitriol is the most active known form of vitamin D3 in stimulating intestinal calcium transport. In acutely uremic rats calcitriol has been shown to stimulate intestinal calcium absorption. The kidneys of uremic patients cannot adequately synthesize calcitriol, the active hormone formed from precursor vitamin D. Resultant hypocalcemia and secondary hyperparathyroidism are a major cause of the metabolic bone disease of renal failure. However, other bone-toxic substances which accumulate in uremia (eg, aluminum) may also contribute. The beneficial effect of Rocaltrol in renal osteodystrophy appears to result from correction of hypocalcemia and secondary hyperparathyroidism. It is uncertain whether Rocaltrol produces other independent beneficial effects. Rocaltrol treatment is not associated with an accelerated rate of renal function deterioration. No radiographic evidence of extraskeletal calcification has been found in predialysis patients following treatment. The duration of pharmacologic activity of a single dose of calcitriol is about 3 to 5 days.

Missed Dose

Take the missed dose as soon as you remember; do not take if it is almost time for the next dose. Instead, skip the missed dose and resume your usual dosing schedule. Do not “double-up” the dose to catch up.

Storage

Store at room temperature (77 degrees F/25 degrees C).

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Arava

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Arava

Drug Uses

Arava is used for reducing signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. It is also used to improve physical function and to prevent the development of structural damage to the joints.

How Taken

Use Arava as directed by your doctor.

* Arava may be taken with or without food.
* It may take 4 weeks or more to notice any improvement while taking Arava.

Drug Class and Mechanism

Arava is a pyrimidine synthesis inhibitor. It is thought to work by blocking certain enzymes responsible for abnormal tissue development or growth.

Missed Dose

If you miss a dose of Arava , take it as soon as possible. If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not take 2 doses at once.

Storage

Store this medicine at room temperature at 77 degrees F (25 degrees C). Brief storage at temperatures between 59 and 86 degrees F (15 and 30 degrees C) is permitted. Store away from heat, moisture, and light.

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Vitamin A & D

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Vitamin A & D

Drug Uses

Vitamin A & D prevent fracture and osteoporotic bone loss:

* Vitamin A combinations are used to prevent or to treat a calcium deficiency;
* Vitamin D combinations are responsible for cell division and bone growth.

How Taken

Use Vitamin A & D as directed by your doctor. Check the label on the medicine for exact dosing instructions.

* Take Vitamin A & D by mouth with or without food.
* Swallow Vitamin A & D whole. Do not break, crush, or chew before swallowing.
* Several days may pass before your symptoms improve. Do not stop taking Vitamin A & D without checking with your doctor.
* Take your doses at the same times each day.
* Continue to take Vitamin A & D even if you feel well. Do not miss any doses.

Drug Class and Mechanism

* Vitamin A is found in food from animal sources and needed for cell division, growth of bones, skin, and male and female reproductive organs night vision and. In pregnant women vitamin A is necessary for the growth of a healthy fetus.
* Vitamin D is important for the absorption of calcium from the stomach and for the functioning of calcium in the body.

Missed Dose

Take the missed dose as soon as you remember. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and take only your next regularly scheduled dose. Do not take a double dose of this medicine unless your doctor directs otherwise.

Storage

Store Vitamin A & D at 77 degrees F (25 degrees C). Brief storage between 59 and 86 degrees F (15 and 30 degrees C) is permitted. Store away from heat, moisture, and light. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep Vitamin A & D out of the reach of children and away from pets.

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Calcium Carbonate

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Calcium Carbonate


Drug Uses

Calcium is a mineral used to treat osteoporosis (bone loss), kidney stones, and menstrual cramps. It is also used as a vitamin supplement to increase bone mass and is used as an antacid (to treat stomach acid upset).

How Taken

Use Calcium Carbonate as directed by your doctor:

* If you are using this medicine without a prescription, follow the instructions on the medicine label. Ask your pharmacist or health caregiver if you are not sure how much calcium you should take in one day.
* Most calcium supplements should be taken with food. Drink a full glass of water (8 ounces) with each dose, unless you are on kidney dialysis.
* If you need to take more than one dose each a day, take each dose at evenly spaced times, unless your doctor has told you otherwise.

Ask your health care provider any questions you may have about how to use Calcium Carbonate.

Drug Class and Mechanism

Calcium Carbonate supplies your body with calcium that your body needs to work properly.

Missed Dose

If you miss a dose or forget to use your medicine, use it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, wait until then to use the medicine and skip the missed dose. Do not use extra medicine to make up for a missed dose.

Storage

Store Calcium Carbonate at 77 degrees F (25 degrees C). Store away from heat, moisture, and light. Brief storage at temperatures between 59 and 86 degrees F (15 and 30 degrees C) is permitted. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep Calcium Carbonate out of the reach of children and away from pets.

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