Information

DFER is a form of Vitamin D (Vitamin D3). It contains cholecalciferol 60000 IU. It is used to treat and prevent Vitamin D deficiency, hypothyroidism, osteoporosis, and rickets. It also has advantages for prevention of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer, fracture, depression and autoimmune disease.

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Therapeutic Class

Vitamin D3

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Dose and Direction of Use

Use as directed by the physician.

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Mode of Action

 

It is converted in the liver to calcifediol (25-hydroxyvitamin D) which is then converted in the kidney to calcitriol (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D). One of its actions is to increase the uptake of calcium by the intestines.

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Uses

Vitamin D deficiency conditions,osteoporosis

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Contraindications

Don't use this medicine :

• If you are allergic (hypersensitivity) to Colecalciferol 
• If you have high levels of vitamin D in your blood (hypervitaminosis D).
• If you have high levels of calcium in your blood (hypercalcaemia) or urine (hypercalciuria)
• If you are suffering from kidney failure, have kidney stones (renal calculi) or have a tendency to form kidney stones

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Precautions and Warning

• Consult you doctor if pregnant or breast feeding before taking this medicine.
• Talk to your doctor about medical history like liver disease, kidney disease, high vitamin D level, high calcium level, heart disease.
• Colecalciferol  should only be given to children and adolescents aged 12 and over.

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