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Vitamin necessary for the intestinal absorption of calcium and phosphate and for normal bone calcification
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Vitamin necessary for the intestinal absorption of calcium and phosphate and for normal bone calcification
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Prevention and treatment of vitamin D deficiencies (rickets, osteomalacia)
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Do not administer to patients with hypercalcaemia, hypercalciuria, calcic lithiasis, severe renal impairment. Stop treatment if signs of overdosage occur: headache, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, increased thirst, polyuria. Avoid combination with thiazide diuretics, e.g. hydrochlorothiazide (decreased urinary calcium excretion). Monitor, if possible, calcaemia and calciuria during curative treatment. Pregnancy: no contra-indication Breast-feeding: no contra-indication. When curative treatment is being administered to the mother, do not give vitamin D to the child.
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10 000 IU/ml oral solution, in 10 ml vial 50 000 IU/ml oral solution, in 2 ml ampoule (100 000 IU)
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Colecalciferol and ergocalciferol are used at the same doses: Prevention of vitamin D deficiencies Term neonate: 400 to 800 IU once daily until 6 months of age Term neonate in contexts of high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency: 600 to 1200 IU once daily until 6 months of age th th Pregnant woman: 100 000 IU single dose (one 2 ml ampoule) in the 6 or 7 month of pregnancy Treatment of vitamin D deficiencies Child < 3 months: 2 000 IU once daily for 3 months Child from 3 to < 12 months: 2 000 IU once daily for 3 months or 50 000 IU single dose Child from 12 months to < 12 years: 3 000 to 6 000 IU once daily for 3 months or 150 000 IU single dose Child ≥ 12 years and adult: 6 000 IU once daily for 3 months or 300 000 IU single dose Then continue with preventive dose, as long as the situation requires: Child < 12 months: 400 IU once daily Child ≥ 12 months and adult: 600 IU once daily Do not exceed 600 000 IU yearly.
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The number of IU per drop of oral solution varies according to manufacturers. Check instructions for use. Preferably use the vials of oral solution that, once opened, keep for 6 months. During the first 3 months of curative treatment, administer a supplement of 500 mg of calcium once daily.
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– Below 25 °C
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400 to 800 IU once daily until 6 months of age
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600 to 1200 IU once daily until
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