Alfacalcidol 0.25 microgram soft capsules What Alfacalcidol is used for :

• Alfacalcidol is used to treat diseases where the amount of calcium in your body needs changing.

It is used to treat:

• Changes in bone caused by kidney failure (osteodystrophy).
• Changes to your parathyroid glands. Low levels of calcium in the blood of newborn babies (hypocalcaemia).
• Softening and deformity of the bones due to lack of calcium (rickets or osteomalacia).

Do not take Alfacalcidol :

• If you are allergic (hypersensitive) to alfacalcidol or any of the other ingredients. 
• If you know you have a condition called hypercalcaemia.
• This means you have high levels of calcium in your blood.
• If you know that you have a condition called calcification.
• This means you have high levels of calcium in your body tissues.

Warnings and precautions :

Talk to your doctor, pharmacist or nurse before taking Alfacalcidol

• If you are taking any of the medicines.
• If you have any problems with your kidneys.
• If you have granulomas or sarcoidosis.

Possible side effects :

• You must get urgent medical help if you have any of the following symptoms. 
• You may be having an allergic reaction:
• You have difficulty breathing
• Your face or throat swell
• Your skin develops a severe rash

Other medicines and Alfacalcidol : You must tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking any of the following medicines:

• Anticonvulsants.
• Cardiac glycosides.
• Thiazide diuretics.
• Calcium-containing medicines. 
• Other medicines that contain vitamin D. 
• Antacids containing magnesium.
• Medicines containing aluminium. 
• Bile acid sequestrants such as cholestyramine.

How to take Alfacalcidol :

• Adults and children weighing more than 20 kilograms:
• The usual starting dose is 1 microgram each day. This is either 1 brown capsule, 2 red capsules or 4 white capsules. People usually take between 1 and 3 micrograms each day.

How to store Alfacalcidol :

• Keep out of the sight and reach of children.
• Do not take this medicine after the expiry date which is stated on the carton and foil blister (EXP).
• The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
• Do not store above 25°C.
• Do not throw away any medicines via waste water or household waste.