If you are allergic to CALCIUM+CALCITRIOL or any other medicines, please tell your doctor. If you are pregnant or planning to become pregnant, it is advised to inform your doctor before using CALCIUM+CALCITRIOL. Consult your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. CALCIUM+CALCITRIOL is not recommended if you have hypercalcemia (high calcium levels), metastatic calcification (extra deposits of calcium in the body), hypervitaminosis D (high vitamin D levels), and malabsorption syndrome (difficulty absorbing nutrition from food). Inform your doctor before taking CALCIUM+CALCITRIOL if you have any heart/kidney/liver/blood vessel diseases, kidney stones, sarcoidosis (growth of inflammatory cells in different parts of the body), Crohn's disease (inflammatory bowel disease), Whipple's disease (bacterial infection affecting joints and digestive system), achlorhydria (little or no stomach acid), low levels of bile, and phosphate imbalance. CALCIUM+CALCITRIOL may contain sugar or sorbitol; hence caution should be taken in case of intolerance to sugars, diabetes, and phenylketonuria (increased levels of an amino acid called phenylalanine).

Drug-Drug Interactions: CALCIUM+CALCITRIOL may interact with drugs treating high cholesterol levels (cholestyramine, colesevelam, colestipol), antibiotics (doxycycline, minocycline, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, penicillin, neomycin, and chloramphenicol), anti-cancer drugs (estramustine), drugs treating bone loss (alendronate sodium), hormone (levothyroxine), weight-loss drugs (orlistat), fits medicines (phenobarbital), mineral oils (paraffin), water pills (furosemide, ethacrynic acid), and heart-related medicines (digitoxin).

Drug-Food Interactions: Avoid or reduce caffeine intake, soft drinks, and alcohol as they might inhibit calcium absorption.

Drug-Disease Interactions: Brief your doctor if you have a medical history of allergic reactions, cardiovascular adverse effects, phosphate calcifications, cardiac contraction/conduction, malabsorption, renal dysfunction, sarcoidosis, arrhythmia, electrolyte imbalance, hypercalcemia, renal dysfunction, and hepatobiliary dysfunction.

• Include dairy products like milk, yoghurt, cheese, or milk-based custard in your diet.

• Eat daily a serving of broccoli, cabbage, spinach, and other green leafy vegetables.

• Include the best dietary sources of vitamin D, such as fish liver oils and vitamin D–fortified milk.

• Snack on calcium-rich nuts like Brazil nuts or almonds.

• Sprinkle sesame seeds over your food, vegetables, and salads. Sesame seeds are high in calcium.

• Avoid or reduce the intake of caffeine, soft drinks, and alcohol that inhibit calcium absorption.

• Replace the meat with tofu or tempeh for extra calcium in your food.

CALCIUM+CALCITRIOL may interfere with cholesterol tests. Hence please inform your doctor and laboratory staff that you are taking CALCIUM+CALCITRIOL before undergoing blood tests.