Adcal-D3 750mg/200IU - 112 Tablets

Adcal-D3 Caplets contain calcium and vitamin D3 which are both essential for healthy bones and teeth. Adcal-D3 Caplets provide extra calcium and vitamin D3 to your diet. It is therefore used in conditions where your body’s calcium and vitamin D levels need to be increased.

Adcal-D3 Caplets can be prescribed by doctors for certain bone conditions, for example, osteoporosis.

See more information on Calcium on the NHS website.

Do not take Adcal-D3 Caplets :

• if you are allergic to calcium carbonate, vitamin D3 or any of the other ingredients of this medicine

• if you have higher than normal levels of calcium in your blood (hypercalcaemia)

• If you have severe kidney failure

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking Adcal-D3 Caplets:

• Have osteoporosis (thinning of the bones) due to long periods of inactivity, such as long-term bed rest

• Have problems with your kidneys, for example kidney stones

• Have higher than normal levels of calcium in your urine (hypercalciuria)

• Have sarcoidosis (inflammation that produces lumps of cells in various organs in the body)

• Have previously been told by your doctor that you have an intolerance to some sugars

• Are taking any other medication, even those you may have bought for yourself without prescription

Always take this supplement exactly as your doctor has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.

Adults, elderly and children over 12 years of age:

•  Swallow 2 caplets twice daily, ideally two caplets in the morning and two in the evening.

Children under 12:

• Do not give Adcal-D3 Caplets to children under 12 years.

Always read the patient information leaflet before use.

• Keep this supplement out of sight and reach of children.

• Do not store above 25°C. Store in the original package.

• Do not use this supplement after the expiry date that is printed on the carton label has passed. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.

• Do not throw away any supplements via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to throw away medicines you no longer use. These measures will help protect the environment.

• The active substances are calcium carbonate (750 mg equivalent to 300 mg calcium) and vitamin D3 (200 I.U. equivalent to 5 micrograms of colecalciferol)

• The other ingredients in the tablet core are colloidal silicon dioxide, microcrystalline cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, modified food starch, sucrose, sodium ascorbate, medium chain triglycerides, silicon dioxide, DL-alpha-tocopherol and pregelatinized starch

• The orange film-coat contains hypromellose, polydextrose, acacia, talc, titanium dioxide, iron oxide yellow and iron oxide red

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