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Brand names: Calcitriol
Pharmacodynamics The two known sites of action of calcitriol are intestine and bone. A calcitriol receptor-binding protein appears to exist in the mucosa of human intestine. Additional evidence suggests that calcitriol may also act on the kidney and the parathyroid glands. Calcitriol is the most active known form of vitamin D 3 in stimulating intestinal calcium transport. In acutely uremic rats calcitriol has been shown to stimulate intestinal calcium absorption. The kidneys of uremic patients c
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Female / 33 / 5' 4" / 100 lbs / diagnosed with SLE Basically what the title says. I have been vitamin D deficient for a while - was taking daily a normal supplement which didn't do much, my levels were still around 20ng/mL. Looking at my CVS records, the prescription I picked up says: Vitamin d3 5
Hello everyone, I'm a physician working in the emergency department and I need your help. I have a 90yo male patient presenting with myxedema coma. He's exhibiting lethargy, confusion, obtundation, hyponatremia, hypothermia, hypoventilation, and episodes of hypoglycemia. He also has a diagnosis of
found this antique medication bottle with this medication still inside at an antique shop. I cant find anything about it anywhere on the internet, anyone have any idea what this might have treated back in the day?
23F Hx - stage 3 endometriosis & adenomyosis, hypothyroidism, chronic allergies, Raynaulds Medications - Allegra D 12h, 25 mcg Synthroid Around a year ago, I started developing a host of symptoms (these are listed in order of development). **Fatigue** in particular — as a previously light sleep
I was diagnosed with MS on Feb 14th 2017. I'm working with my neurologist and primary but I also don't have insurance and so my access to them is also limited. I am currently on a quest to see if I can get some help from a social worker but I am running into road blocks along that route. I was advis
I wrote in a thread here a year ago asking about low dose bisoprolol: https://www.reddit.com/r/pharmacy/comments/3dwjko/are_there_bisoprolol_125_or_25_mg_tablets_in_the/ I've been taking 1/4 of a 5 mg bisoprolol tablet for a year, and my BP and pulse have recently improved (it turned out I had mild
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