Search Login Register

Calcium Carbonate (Limestone) Summary

Description: Carbonic acid calcium salt (CaCO3). An odorless, tasteless powder or crystal that occurs in nature. It is used therapeutically as a phosphate buffer in hemodialysis patients and as a calcium supplement.

Also Known As: Limestone; Chalk; Calcite; Aragonite; Vaterite Show All >>

Networked: 923 relevant articles (76 outcomes, 123 trials/studies) for this Drug

Key Diseases for which Calcium Carbonate is Relevant

  1. Dentin Sensitivity : 21 outcomes 23 studies in 37 results
  2. Hyperphosphatemia : 9 outcomes 7 studies in 51 results
  3. Hypercalcemia (Milk Alkali Syndrome) : 7 outcomes 8 studies in 83 results
  4. Hypersensitivity (Allergy) : 6 outcomes 4 studies in 14 results
  5. Secondary Hyperparathyroidism : 5 outcomes 6 studies in 37 results
Show All >>

Drugs Related to Calcium Carbonate

  1. Arginine (L-Arginine)
  2. Fluorides
  3. Toothpastes
  4. Dentifrices (Dentifrice)
  5. fluorophosphate (sodium monofluorophosphate)
  6. Sodium Fluoride (Ossin)
  7. sevelamer (RenaGel)
  8. Potassium
  9. lanthanum carbonate (Fosrenol)
  10. strontium acetate
Show All >>

Therapies Related to Calcium Carbonate

  1. Renal Dialysis (Hemodialysis)
  2. Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD)
  3. Lasers (Laser)
  4. Oral Administration
  5. Lithotripsy (Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy)
Show All >>

CureHunter Inc. provides medical information and specifically does NOT provide medical advice.
© Copyright 2003-2016 CureHunter Inc., MeSH copyright NLM, Journal Articles copyright original owners.