Calcium Acetate

In some countries, this medicine may only be approved for veterinary use.

In the US, Calcium Acetate (calcium acetate systemic) is a member of the drug class minerals and electrolytes and is used to treat Hyperphosphatemia.

US matches:

• Calcium Acetate


• Calcium Acetate Capsules


• Calcium Acetate Gelcaps

Scheme

Ph. Eur.

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

A12AA12

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0000062-54-4

Chemical Formula

C4-H6-Ca-O4

Molecular Weight

158

Therapeutic Categories

Pharmaceutic aid

Mineral supplement

Dialysis solution

Treatment of hyperphosphatemia

Chemical Names

Acetic acid, calcium salt (USAN)

Calciumdiacetat (IUPAC)

Foreign Names

• Calcii acetas (Latin)
• Calciumacetat (German)
• Calcium, acétate de (French)
• Calcio, acetato de (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Calcium Acetate (OS: JAN)
• Acetic acid, calcium salt (IS)
• Brown acetate of lime (IS)
• Calcium aceticum (IS)
• E 263 (IS)
• EINECS 200-540-9 (IS)
• Essigsäure, Calciumsalz (IS)
• Gray acetate of lime (IS)
• Kalciumacetat (IS)
• Lime acetate (IS)
• Lime pyrolignite (IS)
• UNII-Y882YXF34X (IS)
• Vinegar salts (IS)
• Calcii acetas (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Calcium Acetate (PH: USP 32, BP 2010, Ph. Eur. 6)
• Calciumacetat (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)

Brand Names

• Calcet
  Teva-Gry, Germany



• Calcium Acetate
  Hospira, United States; Roxane, United States



• Calcium-Acetat 500mg Salmon Pharma
  Salmon, Switzerland



• Calciumacetat Medice
  Medice, Austria



• Calciumacetat Prorenal
  Mamisch Prorenal, Germany



• Calciumacetat-Nefro
  Medice, Germany; Medice, Luxembourg



• Calcium-Acetat-Phosphatbinder "Bichsel"
  Bichsel, Switzerland



• OsvaRen (Calcium Acetate and Magnesium carbonate)
  Fresenius, Germany; Fresenius, Greece; Fresenius, Malta; Fresenius, Norway; Fresenius Medical Care, Sweden



• Phosex
  Biofact, Ireland; Vitaline Pharmaceuticals, United Kingdom



• Phos-Ex
  Cablon, Netherlands; NorDia Tech, Denmark; Say, Turkey; Teva-Gry, Germany; Vitaline, Norway



• PhosLo
  Fresenius, Canada; Fresenius, Netherlands; Fresenius Medical Care, United Kingdom; Fresenius Medical Care, United States



• Phos-Out
  Dinçsa Ilaç, Turkey



• Phosphosorb
  Fresenius, Germany; Fresenius, Malta; Fresenius, Slovakia



• Rephoren (Calcium Acetate and Magnesium Carbonate)
  Fresenius Medical Care, United Kingdom



• Royen
  Rubio, Spain



• Rumin (veterinary use)
  WDT, Germany



• Transgram (Calcium Acetate and Gentamicin (veterinary use))
  Virbac, France

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

IUPAC	International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
IS	Inofficial Synonym
JAN	Japanese Accepted Name
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
Ph. Eur.	European Pharmacopoeia
USAN	United States Adopted Name

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