Adcal D3 Chewable Tablets (Tutti Frutti)

Adcal D3 is a chewable tablet which provides the body with calcium and vitamin D. It contains calcium carbonate and vitamin D in the form of coleciferol. These are essential for maintaining healthy bones and teeth. Adcal D3 can therefore be prescribed to those who suffer from osteoporosis or osteomalcia. It can also provide a supplement for people with specific dietary needs, such as pregnant women or the elderly. Anyone over the age of 12 can take Adcal D3.

Calcium, most often found in dairy, nuts and spinach, is essential for the body to form and sustain healthy bones. You may require more calcium than is provided during periods of growth or during pregnancy. Also, as you age, you will require a higher intake of calcium to prevent bone loss or fractures due to conditions such as osteoporosis. Adcal D3 is an effective and simple supplement to prevent calcium deficiency.

Adcal D3 also contains vitamin D₃. The body requires vitamin D in order to properly absorb calcium. Vitamin D deficiency will therefore lead to calcium deficiency. Weakened bones due to vitamin D deficiency is called osteomalcia. Vitamin D is otherwise obtained directly from sunlight or from dairy or fish products.

Reading the following warnings carefully will help to ensure you are selecting an appropriate product.

Adcal D3 contains soya. Do not use this product if you are allergic to soya or any of the other constituent ingredients.

Inform your GP if you plan on taking Adcal D3 tablets and suffer from any of the following conditions:

• Hypercalcaemia (high calcium levels in the blood)
• Hypercalciuria (high calcium levels in urine)
• Kidney problems
• Sarcoidosis
• An intolerance to certain sugars

Adcal D3 may interact with foods rich in certain compounds. This includes phosphate or phytic acid (both found in some cereals) and oxalic acid (found in vegetables such as rhubarb or spinach). Leave a gap of at least two hours between using Adcal D3 and eating foods such as these.

Inform your GP or pharmacist if you are taking any of the following:

• Corticosteroids
• Calcium supplements
• Antacids
• Diruetics
• Digitalis drugs

If you are taking any of these medicines, you will need to wait roughly four hours before having an Adcal D3 tablet:

• Bisphosphontates
• Tetracycline antibiotics
• Quinolone antibiotics
• Medicines containing iron or fluoride

Please read all packaging and the Product Information Leaflet before taking any new medicine and inform your doctor of medicines you are taking or intend to take.

Take two tablets per day. If possible, have one in the morning and one at night. This is a chewable tablet, which should not be swallowed whole.

The active ingredients contained in Adcal D3 are:

Calcium carbonate (600mg calcium), colecalciferol

Adcal D3 also contains the following inactive ingredients to make up the complete product:

Xylitol (E967), modified maize starch, sodium saccharin (E954), magnesium stearate, lemon flavouring, DL-a-tocopherol, edible fats, gelatin, sucrose, corn starch

Not everyone will experience side effects when they take Adcal D3, however if you do they may include:

Digestive problems (e.g. constipation, wind, nausea, diarrhoea, stomach pain), rash, excess calcium in the blood (hypercalcaemia) or urine (hypercalciuria).

Your doctor may regularly check calcium levels in the blood and urine if you are using this treatment in the long term.

If you are concerned about these effects, or if the product affects you in any other way, stop using it and talk to your doctor or pharmacist.