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    Calcium carbonate is prescribed as an antacid and electrolyte supplement. It works by neutralizing gastric acid and providing calcium, which is essential for nerve, muscle, and cardiac function. The medication should be taken once daily as directed on September 11, 2014 to treat calcium deficiency and prevent hypocalcemia. It may cause side effects like slowed heart rate and tingling, and should be used cautiously in patients with renal impairment or pregnancy.

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    Calcium carbonate is prescribed as an antacid and electrolyte supplement. It works by neutralizing gastric acid and providing calcium, which is essential for nerve, muscle, and cardiac function. The medication should be taken once daily as directed on September 11, 2014 to treat calcium deficiency and prevent hypocalcemia. It may cause side effects like slowed heart rate and tingling, and should be used cautiously in patients with renal impairment or pregnancy.

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    Calcium

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    Calcium carbonate is prescribed as an antacid and electrolyte supplement. It works by neutralizing gastric acid and providing calcium, which is essential for nerve, muscle, and cardiac function. The medication should be taken once daily as directed on September 11, 2014 to treat calcium deficiency and prevent hypocalcemia. It may cause side effects like slowed heart rate and tingling, and should be used cautiously in patients with renal impairment or pregnancy.

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    Drug Name

    Generic Name:
    Calcium salts
    Brand Name:
    Dosage:
    1 tab OD
    Date Medication
    Prescribed:
    9/11/14

    Classification

    ANTACID
    ELECTROLYTE

    Mechanism of
    Action

    Indication

    Contraindication

    Side Effects

    Nursing
    Interventions

    >essential element of
    the body; helps
    maintain the
    functional integrity of
    the nervous and
    muscular systems;
    helps maintain cardiac
    function, blood
    coagulation; is an
    enzyme co-factor and
    affects the secretory
    activity of endocrine
    and exocrine glands;
    neutralizes or reduces
    gastric acidity

    >dietary
    supplement when
    calcium intake is
    inadequate

    >contraindicated with
    allergy to calcium, renal
    calculi, hypercalcemia,
    ventricular fibrillation

    >give drugs hourly


    for first 2 wk then
    treating acute
    peptic ulcer.

    >treatment of
    calcium
    deficiency

    >use cautiously with


    renal impairment,
    pregnancy, lactation

    CV: slowed heart


    rate, tingling,
    beat waves,
    peripheral
    vasodilation,
    local burning,
    drop in BP

    >Prevention of
    hypocalcemia

    >do not administer


    oral drugs within 12 hours of antacid
    administration

    LOCAL: local
    irritation, severe
    necrosis,
    >give calcium
    sloughing and
    carbonate antacid 1
    abscess formation and 3 hr after meals
    and at bedtime
    METABOLLIC:
    hypercalcemia,
    (nausea,
    vomiting,
    constipation,
    abdominal pain,
    dry mouth, thirst,
    polyuria) rebound
    hyperacidity

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