Severe hypercalcemia after transition from calcium carbonate to calcium citrate in an elderly woman treated with ergocalciferol 50,000 IU per day

American Journal Geriatric Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-74

  Drinka, Paul J ^a   Moore, Jackie ^a   Boushon, Michael C ^a  

^a Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium carbonate; calcium citrate; hypercalcemia; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CANDESARTAN; CITRATE CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; CREATININE; ERGOCALCIFEROL; LEVOTHYROXINE; NITROGEN; OMEPRAZOLE; POTASSIUM; THYROID HORMONE; UREA; VITAMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONVALESCENCE; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MASTECTOMY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HOME FOR THE AGED; NURSING HOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM CITRATE; ERGOCALCIFEROLS; FASTING; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; VITAMINS;

EID: 33745281902     PISSN: 15435946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjopharm.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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