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calcium (CALCITONE); calcium carbonate (CALBURST, CALTRATE, CALTRATE PLUS D, OS-CAL, OS-CAL 500, OS-CAL WITH D, TUMS, TUMS 500, VIACTIV); calcium citrate (CALCIUM CITRATE PLUS D, CITRACAL, CITRACAL PLUS D); calcium gluconate; calcium lactate

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FDA Workshop Tackles Candy-Like Nonprescription Drugs
June 2024
In October 2023, the FDA convened a workshop to discuss the use of solid, oral candy-like nonprescription drugs and supplements. These formulations have become a common delivery system for multivitamins and other dietary supplements as well as over-the-counter drugs. Learn about the pros and cons of drug formulations that look or taste like candy.
Drug and Food Interactions for the Thyroid Medication Levothyroxine
March 2023
Patients taking the widely prescribed hypothyroidism drug levothyroxine should be aware that it has clinically important interactions with many other prescription and over-the-counter medications, dietary supplements and even certain foods.
Important Drug Interactions for the Seizure Drug Phenytoin
September 2019
Patients taking the commonly prescribed epilepsy drug phenytoin (DILANTIN, PHENYTEK), one of the oldest epilepsy drugs, should be aware that it has clinically impor¬tant interactions with many other prescription and over-the-counter medications. Some of these interactions can lead to phenytoin toxicity, and others can lead to ineffective seizure control.
Calcium By Any Other Name is Still Calcium
May 2003
The jackals selling unregulated dietary and herbal supplements have been hard at it bombarding the public with preposterous, unsubstantiated claims about the superiority of their particular miracle natural calcium products. Some disreputable companies have gone beyond just claiming a better calcium product and are now declaring that “coral calcium,” for example if it is from Okinawa, is the secret to good health and a long life.

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