ProStrakan

Galabank Business Park, Galashiels, TD1 1QH
Telephone: +44 (0)1896 664 000
Fax: +44 (0)1896 664 001
WWW: http://www.ProStrakan.com
Medical Information e-mail: medinfo@prostrakan.com
Summary of Product Characteristics last updated on the eMC: 10/09/2009
SPC Adcal D3 chewable tablets

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Updated on 10/09/2009 and displayed until Current
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 2 - Qualitative and quantitative composition
  • Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for Use
  • Change to section 10 date of revision of the text
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   20-May-2009
Legal Category:   P
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

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Previous Text

Newly Approved Text

2.            Qualitative and Quantitative Composition

 

Per tablet:

 

Calcium carbonate: 1500mg equivalent to 600mg of elemental calcium

 

Colecalciferol: 400iu equivalent to 10mg vitamin D3

 

For excipients see 6.1

 

2.            Qualitative and Quantitative Composition

 

Per tablet:

 

Calcium carbonate: 1500mg equivalent to 600mg of elemental calcium

 

Colecalciferol: 400iu equivalent to 10μg vitamin D3

 

This product also contains sucrose (part of the vitamin D3 concentrate: approximately 1.7 milligrams per tablet) and soya oil (also part of the vitamin D3 concentrate: approximately 0.3 milligrams per tablet).

 

For full list of excipients see 6.1

4.4.         Special Warnings and Precautions for Use          

 

Patients with mild to moderate renal failure or mild hypercalciuria should be supervised carefully including periodic checks of plasma calcium levels and urinary calcium excretion.

In patients with a history of renal stones urinary calcium excretion should be measured to exclude hypercalciuria.

 

With long-term treatment it is advisable to monitor serum and urinary calcium levels and kidney function, and reduce or stop treatment temporarily if urinary calcium exceeds 7.5mmol/24 hours (300mg/24 hours).

 

Caution is required in patients receiving treatment for cardiovascular disease (see Section 4.5 – thiazide diuretics and cardiac glycosides including digitalis).

 

Adcal-D3 should also be used with caution in other patients with increased risk of hypercalcaemia e.g. patients with sarcoidosis or those suffering from malignancies.

 

Patients with rare hereditary problems of fructose intolerance, glucose-galactose malabsorption or sucrase-isomaltase insufficiency should not take this medicine.

 

Allowances should be made for calcium and vitamin D supplements from other sources.

4.4          Special Warnings and Precautions for Use

 

Patients with mild to moderate renal failure or mild hypercalciuria should be supervised carefully including periodic checks of plasma calcium levels and urinary calcium excretion.

In patients with a history of renal stones urinary calcium excretion should be measured to exclude hypercalciuria.

 

With long-term treatment it is advisable to monitor serum and urinary calcium levels and kidney function, and reduce or stop treatment temporarily if urinary calcium exceeds 7.5mmol/24 hours (300mg/24 hours).

 

Caution is required in patients receiving treatment for cardiovascular disease (see Section 4.5 – thiazide diuretics and cardiac glycosides including digitalis).

 

Adcal-D3 should also be used with caution in other patients with increased risk of hypercalcaemia e.g. patients with sarcoidosis or those suffering from malignancies.

 

Patients with rare hereditary problems of fructose intolerance, glucose-galactose malabsorption or sucrase-isomaltase insufficiency should not take this medicine.

 

Each tablet contains a small amount of sugar (about 1.7 mg per tablet) and may be harmful to teeth if used for a prolonged period.

 

Allowances should be made for calcium and vitamin D supplements from other sources.

10.          Date of (Partial) Revision of the Text

 

March 2006

 

10.          Date of Revision of the Text

 

20/05/2009

Updated on 28/02/2007 and displayed until 10/09/2009
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Correction of spelling/typing errors
Updated on 06/12/2006 and displayed until 28/02/2007
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 4.3 - Contraindications
  • Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for Use
  • Change to section 4.6 - Pregnancy and Lactation
  • Change to section 4.9 - Overdose
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   03/2006
Legal Category:   P
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

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Section 4.3 (contra-indictions) - Addition of: use in patients who are allergic to peanuts or soya has been added.
 
Section 4.4 (Special warnings and precautions) - Addition of : Caution in patients receiving treatment for Cardiovascular disease (see 4.5), patients at increased risk of hypercalcaeamia, patients with certain rare hereditary problems relating to isugar intolerance, absorption, and metabolism.
 
Section 4.6 (Pregnancy and Lactation) - Addition of comment that no specific studies have been conducted in preganancy or lactation.
 
Section 4.9 (Overdose) - Addition of further possible symptoms of hypercalcaemia.
Updated on 31/08/2006 and displayed until 06/12/2006
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 6. 5 - Nature and Contents of Container
  • Company name change or merger
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   03/2006
Legal Category:   P
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

Free-text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company

Section 6.5 - Addition of 56 and 112 tablet pack sizes
 
Section 7 - Change of company name form Strakan Ltd to ProStrakan Ltd. Change of company address.
Updated on 23/06/2004 and displayed until 31/08/2006
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change from the BAN of the active substance to the rINN
Updated on 22/08/2002 and displayed until 23/06/2004
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Improved Electronic Presentation
Updated on 15/10/2001 and displayed until 22/08/2002
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 4.5 - Interactions with other Medicaments and other forms of Interaction
Updated on 19/07/2001 and displayed until 15/10/2001
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 5.1 - Pharmacodynamic Properties
  • Change to section 6. 4 - Special Precautions for Storage
  • Change to section 4.5 - Interactions with other Medicaments and other forms of Interaction

Active Ingredients/Generics

 
   calcium carbonate
   vitamin d3 (colecalciferol)


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