Calcimar?
Related terms
Brand Names: U.S.:
Fortical?;Miacalcin?
Brand Names: Canada:
Apo-Calcitonin?;Calcimar?;Caltine?;Miacalcin? NS;PRO-Calcitonin;Sandoz-Calcitonin
Uses
- It is used to treat soft, brittle bones (osteoporosis) in women after change of life.
- It is used to treat Paget's disease.
- It is used to treat high calcium levels.
- Calcitonin stops bone loss.
- It helps get rid of calcium from the body.
Dosing
How to take
- Follow how to use as you have been told by your doctor or read the package insert.
- Follow the diet and workout plan that your doctor told you about.
- Nose spray:
- For the nose only.
- Blow your nose before use.
- Change nostrils every day.
- Shot:
- It is given as a shot into the fatty part of the skin or a muscle.
- Your doctor may teach you how to give the shot.
- Wash your hands before and after use.
- Throw away needles in a needle/sharp disposal box and take the box back to your doctor when it is full.
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