- Osteoporosis or bone-related disorders
- Calcium deficiency
- Special populations like the elderly, pregnant and breastfeeding
Dose: PO 1 cap OD
Capsule:
- Calcium: 99mg
- Phosphorus: 45mg
- Zinc: 20mg
- Best taken after evening meals
- Calcium: Help form bones and teeth, assist in the movement of muscles, help with nerve messaging between the brain and body systems, help blood flow as vessels relax and constrict and release hormones and enzymes that support body functions
- Phosphorus: It influences bone growth, apparently by decreasing the absorption of intercellular calcified cartilage matrix by osteoclasts in the metaphyseal region of growing bones, which has the long-term effect of slowing down growth
- Zinc: is required for the catalytic activity of hundreds of enzymes, and it plays a role in enhancing immune function, protein and DNA synthesis, wound healing and cell signaling and division
- Constipation
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- GI disturbances
- Hypersensitivity to components
- Tissue calcification
- Malabsorption or have high levels of cholesterol
- Heart, kidney or liver complications
- A high level of calcium in urine
- Kidney stones
- Bedridden
- Any planned surgery or operation
- Thyroid medication
- Alcohol
Drug Status
Availability | OTC |
Pregnancy | Safe to use |
Breastfeeding | Safe to use |
Schedule | Not controlled |
BRAND NAME | STRENGTH | FORMULATION | PACK SIZE | MANUFACTURER | DISTRIBUTOR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Osex | 99mg/45mg/20mg | Capsule | 30’s | Comed Chemicals | Europa Healthcare |