Calcichew D3 Forte chewable tablets prevent vitamin D and Calcium deficiency. Both calcium and vitamin D are found in the diet and vitamin D is also produced in the skin after exposure to the sun. Calcichew-D3 Forte Chewable Tablets may be prescribed by doctors or recommended by Pharmacists to treat and prevent vitamin D/calcium deficiency, or when the diet or lifestyle does not provide enough, or when body requirements are increased. This medicine may also be prescribed or recommended for certain bone conditions, for example osteoporosis, or in pregnancy. Calcichew-D3 Forte Chewable Tablets may also be used for the treatment and prevention of vitamin D/calcium deficiency particularly in individuals who are housebound and in the institutionalised elderly. This medicine is available without prescription. However, you still need to take Calcichew-D3 Forte Chewable Tablets carefully to get the best results from it.
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How To Use: Always take Calcichew-D3 Forte Chewable Tablets exactly as your doctor has told you. You should check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure. Adults and elderly: Chew or suck the two tablets a day, preferably one tablet in the morning and one in the evening. Children: Calcichew-D3 Forte Chewable Tablets are not recommended for use in children If you take more than you should If you accidentally take more Calcichew-D3 Forte Chewable Tablets than you should, you may have an increase in your blood calcium levels. If you forget to take Calcichew-D3 Forte If you forget to take a dose, leave out that dose completely. Take your next dose when it is due. Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose. KEEP ALL MEDICINES OUT OF REACH AND SIGHT OF CHILDREN. PLEASE READ ALL PRODUCT PACKAGING AND LABELS PRIOR TO USE.
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Precautions: Do not take Calcichew-D3 Forte if you: are allergic (hypersensitive) to any of the ingredients are allergic (hypersensitive) to soya or peanuts have a condition causing high levels of calcium in your blood or urine hypercalcaemia or hypercalciuria) e.g.renal (kidney failure), cancer that has affected your bones, have high levels of Vitamin D in your blood, have kidney stones. If any of the following applies to you, please tell your doctor: phenylketonuria (a deficiency in the enzyme which breaks down phenylalanine) as these tablets contain aspartame, a source of phenylalanine brittle bones (osteoporosis) as a result of being immobile you are elderly and taking medicines for your heart, or diuretics a high tendency to kidney stone (calculus) formation Cancer or any other condtions that may have affected your bones. If you have any of the following conditions your serum calcium or phosphate levels, or urinary calcium excretion must be monitored. Calcichew should be taken under close medical supervision. sarcoidosis (an immune system disorder which may affect your liver, lungs, skin or lymph nodes) kidney problems you are on long-term t