Карбонат кальция представляет собой химическое compound of inorganic nature, which includes natural calcium and carbonic acid salt. This compound is widely found in nature in the composition of limestone, chalk, hard marble rocks, as well as in the form of natural minerals calcite, aragonite and others.
Calcium carbonate is used in a wide variety ofareas of industry - it is indispensable in the production of glass, is widely used in the food industry (where it is better known under the brand name E170) as a white food dye, is one of the components in the manufacture of paints, plastics, and personal hygiene items. The main consumers of calcium carbonate are manufacturers of all kinds of plastics and plastics, because even plastic panels, linoleum, carpets and tiles that are familiar to everyone today are derivatives of calcium carbonate. But the most familiar type in which this substance is familiar to us are, of course, tablets known to everyone since childhood.
Calcium carbonate: application in medicine.
Use of this inorganic compoundin medicine, it is primarily due to its pure calcium content. Therefore, this drug is used to replenish calcium in the body, as well as in the complex therapy in the treatment of diseases of the joints. Calcium carbonate helps to strengthen bones and teeth, and is also recommended for improving the quality of nails and hair. In addition, the drug has a unique property to neutralize the action of hydrochloric acid and normalize the increased acidity of the stomach.
The main indications for use of this drug are:
- Гиперацидность желудочного сока, а также All sorts of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract occurring on its background. These are gastritis, including in the acute phase, duodenitis, ulcerative exacerbations, and also heartburn.
- Calcium deficiency or increased need forin certain periods of life: rickets and early caries in children, osteoporosis, including those arising after menopause, as well as the period of pregnancy, lactation, hypocalcemia, resulting from poor calcium absorption or due to its increased elimination from the body.
Calcium carbonate: instructions for use.
When dosing the drug take into account agepatient, as well as the specifics of the disease. For children under the age of 10, when treating rickets or caries, the dose varies, depending on weight, from 300 to 600 mg per day.
When diseases of the gastrointestinal tract drug prescribed for oral administration, the dose is from 0.5 to 1 gr. per day.
To compensate for calcium deficiency, preventionosteoporosis, as well as in the complex treatment of the condition of hair and nails, the dose of the drug is selected individually, taking into account drug interactions, weight, height, and condition of the gastrointestinal tract. It can range from 250 ml to 1.5 g. per day.
Contraindications.
Despite the wide range of action, natural origin and versatility, this drug also has some limitations in use.
- The presence of kidney stones, especially of calcium origin.
- The propensity of the circulatory system to form blood clots.
- Atherosclerosis in severe form.
- Individual intolerance to the drug.
- Hypercalcemia.
Also, when taking calcium carbonate shouldtake into account some features of its interaction with other drugs. So, he has the ability, while taking with antibiotics belonging to the tetracycline group, to reduce their effectiveness and reduce the concentration of tetracycline in the blood. Also, the drug is able to reduce the absorption of indomethacin, levothyroxine and some other drugs.
