• Osteomalacia (Rickets)
  • Vitamin D deficiency
  • Hypoparathyroidism
  • Renal osteodystrophy
  • Hyperparathyroidism
  • Hypocalcaemia

Starting dose:  1mcg/day. Maintenance: 0.25-1mcg/day

Tablet:

  • 0.25mcg
  • 1mcg

To be taken with food

As an active and potent analog of vitamin D, alfacalcidol works to restore the functions and activities of endogenous 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D.

  • Weakness
  • Fatigue
  • Sleepiness
  • Headache
  • Loss of appetite
  • Dry mouth
  • Metallic taste
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Hypercalcemia
  • Hypervitaminosis D
  • Malabsorption syndrome
  • Vitamin D toxicity
  • Heart/kidney/liver/blood vessel diseases
  • Kidney stones
  • Sarcoidosis

Diabetes

  • Vitamin D Supplements
  • Antacids
  • Digoxin
  • Diltiazem
  • Verapamil
  • Chlorothiazide
  • Hydrochlorothiazide
  • Indapamide
  • Metolazone
  • Chlorthalidone

                                   Drug Status

Availability Prescription only
Pregnancy Contraindicated
Breastfeeding Contraindicated
Schedule Not controlled
BRAND NAME STRENGTH FORMULATION PACK SIZE MANUFACTURER DISTRIBUTOR
Alphadol 0.25mcg Caps 10’s Panacea Biotec Europa
Alphadol 1mcg Caps 10’s Panacea Biotec Europa