Alfacalcidol

Alfacalcidol is indicated in:
  • It is used to increase the amount of vitamin D in your body. This often increases calcium levels as well which can help in treatment of certain illnesses.
  • In general this drug is used to treat diseases where the amount of calcium and phosphate (which is controlled by the level of vitamin D) in your body needs changing.
  • Benefits of being on this drug can include control of the levels of calcium and phosphate in your body.
  • Treat and prevent bone conditions that are caused by kidney failure (osteodystrophy)
  • Treat illnesses and abnormalities affecting the parathyroid glands which make a substance called the parathyroid hormone.
  • Correct low levels of calcium in the blood of newborn babies (hypocalcaemia)
  • Treat the softening and deformity of the bones due to lack of calcium (rickets or osteomalacia)

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