Individual generic drug information
Extracted information for Colecalciferol only.
Prevention of vitamin D deficiency ▶BY MOUTH ▶Adult: 400 units daily Treatment of vitamin D deficiency ▶BY MOUTH ▶Adult: 800 units daily, higher doses may be necessary for severe deficiency
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Take care to ensure correct dose in infants
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Extracted information for Colecalciferol only.
→Appendix 1: vitamin D substances
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Laryngeal oedema
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Monitoring Monitor plasma-calcium concentration in renal impairment.
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Monitor plasma-calcium concentration in patients receiving high doses.
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Extracted information for Colecalciferol only.
INVITA D3 ® ORAL SOLUTION May be mixed with a small amount of cold or lukewarm food immediately before administration.
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There can be variation in the licensing of different medicines containing the same drug. Forms available from special-order manufacturers include: tablet, capsule, oral suspension, oral solution, oral drops Tablet ▶Colecalciferol (Non-proprietary) Colecalciferol 400 unit Colecalciferol 400unit tablets | 60 tablet £15.50 Colecalciferol 800 unit Colecalciferol 800unit tablets | 30 tablet P £4.59 DT = £4.59 Colecalciferol 5000 unit Vitamin D3 High Strength 5,000unit tablets | 60 tablet £5.24 ▶Aciferol D3 (Rhodes Pharma Ltd) Colecalciferol 2200 unit Aciferol D3 2,200unit tablets | 90 tablet £25.99 Colecalciferol 3000 unit Aciferol D3 3,000unit tablets | 60 tablet £14.99 Colecalciferol 5000 unit Aciferol D3 5,000unit tablets | 60 tablet £19.99 Colecalciferol 10000 unit Aciferol D3 10,000unit tablets | 30 tablet £13.99 Colecalciferol 20000 unit Aciferol D3 20,000unit tablets | 30 tablet £18.99 ▶Desunin (Mylan) Colecalciferol 800 unit Desunin 800unit tablets | 30 tablet P £3.60 DT = £4.59 | 90 tablet P £10.17 Colecalciferol 4000 unit Desunin 4,000unit tablets | 70 tablet P £15.90 DT = £15.90 ▶E-D3 (Ennogen Healthcare Ltd) Colecalciferol 400 unit E-D3 400unit tablets | 30 tablet £78.50 Colecalciferol 10000 unit E-D3 10,000unit tablets | 30 tablet £95.00 Colecalciferol 20000 unit E-D3 20,000unit tablets | 30 tablet Blood and nutrition £95.90 ▶Iso D3 (Nutri Advanced Ltd) Colecalciferol 2000 unit Vitamin D3 + Isoflavones 2,000unit tablets | 90 tablet £17.54 ▶Stexerol-D3 (Kyowa Kirin Ltd) Colecalciferol 1000 unit Stexerol-D3 1,000unit tablets | 28 tablet P £2.95 DT = £2.95 Colecalciferol 25000 unit Stexerol-D3 25,000unit tablets | 12 tablet P £17.00 DT = £17.00 ▶SunVit D3 (SunVit-D3 Ltd) Colecalciferol 2000 unit SunVit-D3 2,000unit tablets | 28 tablet £3.99 Colecalciferol 3000 unit SunVit-D3 3,000unit tablets | 28 tablet £5.49 Colecalciferol 5000 unit SunVit-D3 5,000unit tablets | 28 tablet £4.99 Colecalciferol 10000 unit SunVit-D3 10,000unit tablets | 28 tablet £6.99 Colecalciferol 20000 unit SunVit-D3 20,000unit tablets | 28 tablet £4.40 Colecalciferol 50000 unit SunVit-D3 50,000unit tablets | 15 tablet £19.99 Oral drops ▶Colecalciferol (Non-proprietary) Colecalciferol 1000 unit per 1 ml Vitamin D3 1,000unit oral drops sugar-free | 30 ml £6.44 ▶Colecalciferol (Imported (Germany)) Colecalciferol 20000 unit per 1 ml Vigantol 20,000units/ml oral drops | 10 ml s ▶E-D3 (Ennogen Healthcare Ltd) Colecalciferol 2000 unit per 1 ml E-D3 2,000units/ml oral drops sugar-free | 20 ml s ▶Fultium-D3 (Internis Pharmaceuticals Ltd) Colecalciferol 2740 unit per 1 ml Fultium-D3 2,740units/ml oral drops sugar-free | 25 ml P £10.70 DT = £10.70 ▶InVita D3 (Consilient Health Ltd) Colecalciferol 2400 unit per 1 ml InVita D3 2,400units/ml oral drops sugar-free | 10 ml P £3.60 DT = £3.60 ▶Pro D3 (Synergy Biologics Ltd) Colecalciferol 2000 unit per 1 ml Pro D3 2,000units/ml liquid drops sugar-free | 20 ml £9.80 ▶Sapvit-D3 (Stirling Anglian Pharmaceuticals Ltd) Colecalciferol 14400 unit per 1 ml Sapvit-D3 14,400units/ml oral drops sugar-free | 12.5 ml P £8.95 DT = £8.95 ▶SunVit D3 (SunVit-D3 Ltd) Colecalciferol 2000 unit per 1 ml SunVit-D3 2,000units/ml oral drops sugar-free | 20 ml £6.20 ▶Thorens (Galen Ltd) Colecalciferol 10000 unit per 1 ml Thorens 10,000units/ml oral drops sugar-free | 10 ml P £5.85 DT = £5.85 Oral solution CAUTIONARY AND ADVISORY LABELS 21 ▶Colecalciferol (Non-proprietary) Colecalciferol 3000 unit per 1 ml Colecalciferol 3,000units/ml oral solution | 100 ml P £144.00 DT = £144.00 ▶Aciferol D3 (Rhodes Pharma Ltd) Colecalciferol 2000 unit per 1 ml Aciferol D3 2,000units/ml liquid | 100 ml £18.00 ▶Baby D (KoRa Healthcare) Colecalciferol 1000 unit per 1 ml Baby D 1,000units/ml oral solution | 30 ml £4.50 ▶E-D3 (Ennogen Healthcare Ltd) Colecalciferol 1000 unit per 1 ml E-D3 1,000units/ml oral solution | 15 ml s Colecalciferol 10000 unit per 1 ml E-D3 10,000units/ml oral solution | 10 ml s ▶InVita D3 (Consilient Health Ltd) Colecalciferol 25000 unit per 1 ml InVita D3 25,000units/1ml oral solution sugar-free | 3 ampoule P £4.45 DT = £4.45 Colecalciferol 50000 unit per 1 ml InVita D3 50,000units/1ml oral solution sugar-free | 3 ampoule P £6.25 DT = £6.25 ▶Pro D3 (Synergy Biologics Ltd) Colecalciferol 2000 unit per 1 ml Pro D3 2,000units/ml liquid | 50 ml £16.80 | 100 ml £22.50 ▶SunVit D3 (SunVit-D3 Ltd) Colecalciferol 2000 unit per 1 ml SunVit-D3 10,000units/5ml oral solution sugar-free | 50 ml £8.90 Blood and nutrition SunVit-D3 2,000units/ml oral solution sugar-free | 50 ml £8.90 ▶Thorens (Galen Ltd) Colecalciferol 10000 unit per 1 ml Thorens 25,000units/2.5ml oral solution sugar-free | 2.5 ml P £1.55 DT = £1.55 sugar-free | 10 ml P £5.85 DT = £5.85 Chewable tablet ▶EveryDay-D (Vega Nutritionals Ltd) Colecalciferol 400 unit EveryDay-D 400unit chewable tablets | 100 tablet £3.22 | 500 tablet £14.60 ▶Urgent-D (Vega Nutritionals Ltd) Colecalciferol 2000 unit Urgent-D 2,000unit chewable tablets | 60 tablet £4.31 Capsule CAUTIONARY AND ADVISORY LABELS 25 ▶Colecalciferol (Non-proprietary) Colecalciferol 800 unit Colecalciferol 800unit capsules | 30 capsule £3.60 DT = £3.60 Colecalciferol 1000 unit Colecalciferol 1,000unit capsules | 30 capsule P £10.00 DT = £10.00 Colecalciferol 2500 unit FSC High Strength Vitamin D3 2,500unit capsules | 60 capsule £1.95 Colecalciferol 3200 unit Strivit-D3 3,200unit capsules | 30 capsule P £9.32 DT = £13.32 Colecalciferol 5000 unit Colecalciferol 5,000unit capsules | 40 capsule s Colecalciferol 20000 unit Colecalciferol 20,000unit capsules | 20 capsule P £20.50 ▶Aciferol D3 (Rhodes Pharma Ltd) Colecalciferol 30000 unit Aciferol D3 30,000unit capsules | 10 capsule £19.99 ▶Bio-Vitamin D3 - brand name (Pharma Nord (UK) Ltd) Colecalciferol 5000 unit Bio-Vitamin D3 5,000unit capsules | 40 capsule £5.51 ▶Cubicole D3 (Cubic Pharmaceuticals Ltd) Colecalciferol 600 unit Cubicole D3 600unit capsules | 30 capsule £6.95 Colecalciferol 2200 unit Cubicole D3 2,200unit capsules | 30 capsule £9.95 Colecalciferol 3000 unit Cubicole D3 3,000unit capsules | 30 capsule £11.95 Colecalciferol 10000 unit Cubicole D3 10,000unit capsules | 30 capsule £12.95 ▶D-Max (Nutraconcepts Ltd) Colecalciferol 400 unit D-Max 400unit capsules | 30 capsule £3.95 Colecalciferol 5000 unit D-Max 5,000unit capsules | 30 capsule £4.85 Colecalciferol 10000 unit D-Max 10,000unit capsules | 30 capsule £6.89 ▶E-D3 (Ennogen Healthcare Ltd) Colecalciferol 600 unit E-D3 600unit capsules | 30 capsule £82.10 Colecalciferol 2200 unit E-D3 2,200unit capsules | 30 capsule £86.20 Colecalciferol 2500 unit E-D3 2,500unit capsules | 30 capsule £86.20 Colecalciferol 3000 unit E-D3 3,000unit capsules | 30 capsule £88.60 Colecalciferol 5000 unit E-D3 5,000unit capsules | 30 capsule £94.00 Colecalciferol 10000 unit E-D3 10,000unit capsules | 30 capsule £95.00 Colecalciferol 30000 unit E-D3 30,000unit capsules | 10 capsule £94.40 ▶Fultium-D3 (Internis Pharmaceuticals Ltd) Colecalciferol 800 unit Fultium-D3 800unit capsules | 30 capsule P £3.60 DT = £3.60 | 90 capsule P £8.85 Colecalciferol 3200 unit Fultium-D3 3,200unit capsules | 30 capsule P £13.32 DT = £13.32 | 90 capsule P £39.96 Colecalciferol 20000 unit Fultium-D3 20,000unit capsules | 15 capsule P £17.04 DT = £17.04 | 30 capsule P £29.00 DT = £29.00 ▶InVita D3 (Consilient Health Ltd) Colecalciferol 400 unit InVita D3 400unit capsules | 28 capsule P £1.85 DT = £1.85 Colecalciferol 800 unit InVita D3 800unit capsules | 28 capsule P £2.50 Colecalciferol 5600 unit InVita D3 5,600unit capsules | 4 capsule P £2.50 DT = £2.50 Colecalciferol 25000 unit InVita D3 25,000unit capsules | 3 capsule P £3.95 DT = £3.95 Colecalciferol 50000 unit InVita D3 50,000unit capsules | 3 capsule P £4.95 DT = £4.95 ▶Plenachol (Accord Healthcare Ltd) Colecalciferol 20000 unit Plenachol D3 20,000unit capsules | 10 capsule P £9.00 Colecalciferol 40000 unit Plenachol D3 40,000unit capsules | 10 capsule P £15.00 DT = £15.00 ▶Pro D3 (Synergy Biologics Ltd) Colecalciferol 2500 unit Pro D3 2,500unit capsules | 30 capsule £9.99 Colecalciferol 10000 unit Pro D3 10,000unit capsules | 30 capsule £14.99 Colecalciferol 30000 unit Pro D3 30,000unit capsules | 10 capsule £24.99 ▶SunVit D3 (SunVit-D3 Ltd) Colecalciferol 2200 unit SunVit-D3 2,200unit capsules | 28 capsule £4.99 Colecalciferol 2500 unit SunVit-D3 2,500unit capsules | 28 capsule £5.49 Colecalciferol 10000 unit SunVit-D3 10,000unit capsules | 28 capsule £6.99 Orodispersible tablet ▶Colecalciferol (Non-proprietary) Colecalciferol 2000 unit Vitamin D3 Lemon Melts 2,000unit tablets sugar-free | 120 tablet £5.12
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400 units daily
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Candidate age grouping · source page 1167
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800 units daily, higher doses may be necessary
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Candidate age grouping · source page 1167
