Calcium hasco (orange flavored)

Package leaflet: Information for the patient

CALCIUM HASCO
115.6 mg calcium ions / 5 ml, syrup
Calcii glubionas anhydricus + Calcii lactobionas dihydricus
Orange-flavoured syrup
Please read carefully all the information in this leaflet before taking the medicine, because it contains
important information for the patient.
This medicine should always be used exactly as described in this patient leaflet or as directed by
your doctor or pharmacist.

• Keep this leaflet, so that you can read it again if necessary.
• If you need advice or further information, please consult your pharmacist.
• If you experience any adverse effects, including any possible adverse effects not listed in this leaflet, inform your doctor or pharmacist. See section 4.
• If there is no improvement or if you feel worse, you should contact your doctor.

Contents of the leaflet:

1. What Calcium Hasco is and what it is used for
2. Important information before taking Calcium Hasco
3. How to use Calcium Hasco
4. Possible side effects
5. How to store Calcium Hasco
6. Contents of the package and other information

1. What Calcium Hasco is and what it is used for

Calcium Hasco is a medicinal product containing calcium salts. Calcium is a structural component of the body and plays an important role in many physiological processes (maintenance of normal blood coagulation, muscle contraction, nerve conduction, cell membrane function). Calcium also reduces the permeability of blood vessel walls, exerting anti-exudative and anti-edematous effects. Calcium crosses the placenta and is excreted in breast milk.

Indications:

• Prevention and supplementation of calcium deficiency in the body, e.g. during pregnancy or breastfeeding,
• Treatment of osteoporosis,
• Adjunctive treatment of allergy symptoms.

2. Important information before using Calcium Hasco

When not to use Calcium Hasco

• if the patient is allergic to the active substances (calcium salts) or to any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6);
• if the patient has elevated calcium levels in the blood (hypercalcemia, e.g. in patients with hyperparathyroidism, severe renal insufficiency, or vitamin D overdose);
• if the patient has increased urinary excretion of calcium (hypercalciuria);
• if the patient has severe renal insufficiency or kidney stones;
• if the patient has atrioventricular block.

Warnings and precautions
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Before starting to use Calcium Hasco, consult your doctor or pharmacist.
Exercise particular caution when using Calcium Hasco:

• if the patient has renal insufficiency;
• if the patient is taking high doses of vitamin D.

Calcium Hasco and other medicines
Inform your doctor or pharmacist about all medicines currently used, recently taken, or planned to be used.
High calcium doses taken concomitantly with certain cardiac drugs (digitalis glycosides or calcium channel blockers) may cause serious disturbances in heart function.
Calcium significantly reduces the absorption of certain antibiotics (tetracyclines and quinolones), levothyroxine, nitrofurantoin, bisphosphonates, chlorpromazine, penicillamine, anticoagulants, and fluoride compounds. Therefore, it is recommended that the interval between taking Calcium Hasco syrup and these medicines should be about 3 hours.
Thiazide diuretics reduce calcium excretion, while vitamin D increases calcium absorption.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding
If the patient is pregnant or breastfeeding, suspects she may be pregnant, or is planning to have a child, she should consult her doctor or pharmacist before using this medicine.

Driving and operating machinery
This medicine has no effect on the ability to drive or operate machinery.

Calcium Hasco contains sucrose
If the patient has previously been diagnosed with intolerance to certain sugars, the patient should consult a doctor before taking this medicine.
Calcium Hasco syrup contains 0.3 g of sucrose per 1 ml (i.e. approximately 1.5 g in 5 ml).

3. How to use Calcium Hasco

This medicine should always be taken exactly as described in the patient leaflet or as directed by a doctor or pharmacist. If in doubt, consult your doctor or pharmacist.
This medicine is taken orally.
Adults: 15 ml two or three times daily.
Children: under 6 years: 5 ml two or three times daily,
6 to 12 years: 10 ml two or three times daily.
The dose should be measured using the provided measuring device.
If you feel that the effect of Calcium Hasco is too strong or too weak, consult your doctor or pharmacist.
Use of a higher than recommended dose of Calcium Hasco
Cases of overdose with Calcium Hasco have not been reported. If you take more than the recommended dose, consult your doctor immediately.
Missed dose of Calcium Hasco
Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed dose.
If you have any further doubts concerning the use of this medicine, consult your doctor or pharmacist.
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4. Possible adverse reactions

Like all medicines, this medicine may cause adverse reactions, although not everyone experiences them.

Rare (in 1 to 10 patients per 10,000):

• gastrointestinal disorders (constipation, diarrhoea),
• in patients with impaired renal function, oral administration of high doses of calcium may lead to hypercalcaemia, the symptoms of which include: nausea, abdominal pain, bone pain and muscle weakness.

Reporting of adverse reactions
If any adverse symptoms occur, including any adverse effects not listed in this leaflet, inform your doctor or pharmacist. Adverse reactions can also be reported directly to the Department of Monitoring Adverse Reactions to Medicinal Products, Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and Biocidal Products,
Al. Jerozolimskie 181 C, 02-222 Warsaw
tel. +48 22 49 21 301, fax: +48 22 49 21 309
e-mail: [email protected].
Reporting adverse reactions helps to provide more information on the safety of this medicine.

5. How to store Calcium Hasco

Store below 25°C. Store in the original packaging.
Keep the medicine out of the sight and reach of children.
Shelf life after first opening – 6 months.
Do not use this medicine after the expiry date stated on the packaging. The expiry date refers to the last day of the stated month.
Medicines must not be disposed of via wastewater or household waste. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medicines no longer in use. This will help protect the environment.

6. Contents of the pack and other information

What Calcium Hasco contains

• The active substances are organic calcium salts (anhydrous calcium gluconolactobionate and dihydrate calcium lactobionate) in an amount corresponding to 115.6 mg of calcium ions in 5 ml of syrup.
• Other ingredients (excipients) are: sucrose, sodium benzoate (E 211), monohydrate citric acid (E 330), orange flavour, purified water.

What Calcium Hasco looks like and contents of the pack
Calcium Hasco is a yellowish syrup.
One pack (a brown glass bottle) contains 150 ml of solution.
The bottle, together with an oral dosing measure, is placed in a cardboard carton.

Marketing Authorisation Holder and Manufacturer
"PRZEDSIĘBIORSTWO PRODUKCJI FARMACEUTYCZNEJ HASCO-LEK" S.A.
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51-131 Wrocław, ul. Żmigrodzka 242 E
Information on the medicine
tel. +48 (22) 742 00 22
e-mail: [email protected]
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