Uses of Osbacal

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1. What is Osbacal?

What is Osbacal? Osbacal is prepared in powder form for drinking water, the ingredients in each 2g pack include elemental Calcium 0.6g (in the form of Tricalcium phosphate with 1,650mg content).
Osbacal is manufactured and distributed by Meyer-BPC Joint Venture Company (Vietnam), packed in 30 packs x 2g each. The oral calcium triphosphate in Osbacal is used primarily in the treatment of chronic hypocalcemia or hypocalcemia. In particular, chronic hypocalcemia often occurs in diseases such as chronic hypoparathyroidism or pseudohypoparathyroidism, osteomalacia, rickets, chronic renal failure, due to the use of anticonvulsant drugs or vitamin deficiency. D.
Low calcium often occurs when the daily diet does not provide enough calcium needs, especially in subjects such as young women, the elderly, women before and after menopause or children lacking year. In particular, children and women are the most at risk because the body's calcium requirements are often higher than normal.
Hypocalcemia can lead to a number of problems such as:
Seizures; tetani bout; Behavioral and personality disorders; Slow physical and mental development; Bone deformities, most commonly rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. Changes that occur in osteomalacia include softening of the bones, low-grade pain in the leg and lumbar bones, generalized weakness with difficulty walking, and spontaneous fractures. Therefore, calcium supplementation with Osbacal is considered part of the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in people with a calcium-deficient diet.

2. Indications of Osbacal

Osbacal is indicated in the following cases:
Osbacal supports the treatment of osteoporosis (common in women after menopause, the elderly or patients receiving regular corticosteroid therapy); Osbacal treatment of rickets in addition to specific vitamin D therapy; Osbacal is also used to treat calcium deficiency for subjects in the period of growth, pregnant women or nursing mothers.

3. Dosage of Osbacal

Dosage of Osbacal is recommended as follows:
Adults: Take 2 sachets of Osbacal a day; Children under 5 years old: 1⁄2 sachets of Osbacal per day; Children over 5 years old: 1 or 2 sachets of Osbacal per day; Patients with hepatic impairment: No dose adjustment of Osbacal; Patients with renal impairment: Osbacal is not indicated for patients with severe renal impairment. How to use Osbacal:
The patient should pour the powder in the Osbacal package into 50ml of clean water, then stir well and drink. Osbacal Overdose and Treatment:
Symptoms of Osbacal overdose may include increased thirst, increased urination, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, muscle weakness, increased blood pressure, vasomotor disturbances, constipation, confusion. psychosis, kidney stones and in severe cases, cardiac arrhythmias; Excessive hypercalcemia can lead to coma and death. Persistently elevated serum calcium levels can lead to irreversible kidney damage and soft tissue calcification; Treatment: Stop using Osbacal and vitamin D therapy (if any), and if the patient is taking drugs such as thiazide diuretics, lithium, vitamin A and cardiac glycosides, it should also be stopped immediately. After that, rehydration and depending on the severity of Osbacal poisoning, appropriate treatment measures such as diuretics, corticosteroids, calcitonin or peritoneal dialysis; Patients should be monitored for serum electrolytes, renal function, and urinary function. Severe and severe poisoning cases may require close monitoring of ECG (electrocardiogram) and CVP (central venous pressure).

4. Osbacal side effects

Patients supplementing calcium with Osbacal may experience some adverse effects as follows:
Nausea, vomiting or mild gastrointestinal disturbances; Flatulence; Constipation; Hypercalcemia or urinary calcium. Excess calcium in the urine can lead to kidney stone formation.

5. Drug interactions of Osbacal products

The following drugs inhibit renal calcium excretion, including thiazide diuretics, clopamide, ciprofloxacin, chlorthalidone, and anticonvulsants. Therefore, caution should be exercised when co-administering Osbacal. Caution should be exercised when co-administering Osbacal because calcium can reduce the absorption of such drugs, including Demeclocycline, Doxycycline, Minocycline, Oxytetracycline, Tetracycline, Enoxacin, Fleroxacin, Levofloxacin, Lomefloxacin, Norfloxacin, Ofloxacin, Pefloxacin, iron supplements , zinc and other essential minerals. Calcium enhances the cardiotoxicity of digitalis glycosides by increasing serum calcium levels. Therefore, caution should be exercised when co-administering Osbacal with cardiac glycosides. Glucocorticoids, Phenytoin reduce the absorption of Osbacal from the gastrointestinal tract. At the same time, the diet containing phytate and oxalate also reduces calcium absorption by forming complexes that are difficult to absorb, so patients should take Osbacal medicine away from meals with this ingredient.

6. Some notes when using Osbacal

Particular care should be taken when administering Osbacal to patients with certain cardiovascular conditions. In which the effect of cardiac glycosides can be highlighted when taken concomitantly with Calcium and Vitamin D. Compulsory use cases require strict medical supervision, of which electrocardiographic monitoring is important. and blood calcium levels. During prolonged treatment with Osbacal, the patient must be periodically checked for urinary calcium levels and the dose should be reduced or discontinued if the urinary calcium is above 300 mg/24 hours (approximately 7.5 mmol/24 hours). Patients who combine Osbacal with high-dose vitamin D should have their urine calcium and serum calcium checked weekly with appropriate testing. Osbacal is unlikely to cause harm to a pregnant woman, unborn baby or nursing infant when taken in the usual recommended daily doses. Osbacal is prepared in powder form for drinking water, the ingredients in each pack of 2g include elemental Calcium 0.6g. The drug is indicated for cases of calcium deficiency in the blood. To ensure the effectiveness of treatment and avoid unwanted side effects, patients need to strictly follow the instructions of the doctor, professional pharmacist.
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