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Calcium Carbonate

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Definition: Carbonic acid calcium salt (CaCO3). An odorless, tasteless powder or crystal that occurs in nature. It is used therapeutically as a phosphate buffer in hemodialysis patients and as a calcium supplement.  occurs in nature as chalk, limestone or marble; used in med as a buffer in hemodialysis   
Pharmacological Action Antacids
Examples Nacre 		Other names Carbonate, Calcium; Calcium Milk; Vaterite; Milk of Calcium; Marble; Limestone; Chalk; Calcite; Aragonite
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
CaviStat  0   *Arginine *Calcium Carbonate. J Clin Dent 2005;16(3):63-70
SensiStat  0   *Calcium Carbonate Arginine/*analogs & derivatives Dentin Sensitivity. Dent Today 2002 Dec;21(12):42-7
calcium carbonate Biocoral  0   *Calcium Carbonate. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2001 Aug;21(4):333-43
Lacteol  0   *Calcium Carbonate *Lactose Drug Combinations Lactobacillus acidophilus. Am J Gastroenterol 1996 Aug;91(8):1579-85
Rennie  82351-35-7   *Calcium Carbonate *Magnesium. Am J Gastroenterol 1996 Jun;91(6):1173-80
oyster shell electrolysate  0   *Calcium *Calcium Carbonate *Oxides. Osteoporos Int 1993;3(Suppl 1):159-62
disodium monofluorophosphate-calcium carbonate  141788-28-5   *Calcium Carbonate *Fluorides Drug Combinations. Calcif Tissue Int 1992 Mar;50(3):209-13
Suby's G solution  0   *Citrates *Magnesium Oxide Calcium Carbonate Drug Combinations. Urol Clin North Am 1986;13(4):717
Syntrogel Plus  0   *Aluminum Hydroxide *Calcium Carbonate *Magnesium *Magnesium Hydroxide. Dig Dis Sci 1985;30(6):522
dolomite  16389-88-1 dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)  *Calcium Carbonate *Magnesium Minerals. N Engl J Med 1981;304(7):423
calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, magnesium hydroxide, sodium fluoride combination  0   *Calcium Carbonate *Calcium Phosphates *Magnesium Hydroxide *Sodium Fluoride Drug Combinations. Br Dent J 1980;149:(8)
ducon  51810-74-3   *Aluminum Hydroxide *Calcium Carbonate *Magnesium Hydroxide Drug Combinations. Digestive Dis 19(4):335;1974

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