ALFACALCIDOL

QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION

• Alfacalcidol Heaton 0.5 micrograms soft capsules: each soft capsule contains 0.5 micrograms of alfacalcidol.

Excipients with known effect: Each soft capsule contains 98.7 mg of arachis oil, 1.0 mg anhydrous alcohol and 10 mg sorbitol.

THERAPEUTICAL INDICATIONS

Alfacalcidol Heaton is indicated in children over 4 years of age, adolescents and adults.

Alfacalcidol Heaton is indicated for conditions where there are disorders of calcium metabolism caused by a 1-α-hydroxylation impairment, as in the case of decreased renal function.

The main directions are:

a) Renal osteodystrophy
b) hyperparathyroidism (with osteopathy)
c) hypoparathyroidism
d) rheitism and pseudodeficiency osteomalacia (vitamin D dependent)
e) rickets and osteomalacia associated with hypophosphataemia and vitamin D resistance

PRESCRIPTION AND WITHDRAWAL

The medicine is issued on prescription and is reimbursed within the Health Insurance System.