- This medicine is used to compensate for the deficiency of vitamin D and is one of the best medicines used in treating bones, especially when there is a deficiency in the proportion of calcium in the body. In children and adults, the active substance in this medicine is alfacalcidol.
Dosage and method of use:
- Initial dose:
- Adults and children over 20 kg of weight:
- 1 microgram daily.
- Children under 20 kg of body weight:
- 0.05 micrograms/kg/day.
- new born:
- 0.1 mcg/kg/day.
Indications:
- This medicine is used to treat calcium deficiency caused by kidney failure.
- This medicine is used to treat osteomalacia that occurs with vitamin D deficiency.
- This is used to treat rickets in newborns.
- It is used to improve the level of calcium in the blood and helps treat hyperparathyroidism.
- When there is a deficiency of calcium.
- When there is a defect in the bones found in kidney disease.