OshudCalcium Gluconate
Minerals in bone formation, Specific mineral preparations
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📋 Indications & Uses Dosage & Administration⚠️ Contraindications⚡ Side Effects & Adverse Reactions🛡️ Warnings & Precautions🔬 Pharmacology & Mechanism
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Calcium Ambee
Calcium-Jayson
G-Calcium Gluconate
Cal. Gluconate
📖 Official Clinical Monograph
DGDA Approved Prescribing GuidelinesUsed in the treatment of Cal. Gluconate deficiency states & as a dietary supplement when intake may be inadequate In. Cal. Gluconate is used in-
Severe hypoglycemic tetany
Hypoparathyroidism
Vitamin D-deficiency
Osteoporosis and
Extreme hypercalcemia
Dosage & Administration1-2 ampoules Ca+ Gluconate IM. Daily or every alternate day. Children require 1/2 of adult dose lM injection should be given deep to gluteus medius muscle Using a long needle. This route is not recommended for children.
Acute hypocalcemia
: 10-20 ml (2.32-4.64 m.mol)/Kg.
Body weight Fluoride or lead poisoning
: 0.3 ml/Kg Body weights.
Neonatal tetany
: 0.3 (0.7 m.mo)/Kg body weight.
In Patients receiving cardiac glycosides
In patients with renal failure.
In patients with severe hypercalciuria and
In patients with hypercalcemia
If Ca+ Gluconate Inj is administrated too rapidly, nausea, vomiting, hot flushes, sweating, hypotension & vasomotor collapse, possibly fatal may occur.
Impaired renal function; cardiac disease; hypercalcaemia-associated diseases, e.g. sarcoidosis; other malignancies. Pregnancy.
Calcium gluconate is used to prevent or treat negative calcium balance. It also helps facilitate nerve and muscle performance as well as normal cardiac function.