Vitamin D Intoxication Treated with Porcine Calcitonin

Porcine calcitonin was used to treat three patients with hypercalcaemia due to vitamin D intoxication. In two patients a rapid and sustained fall to normal in serum calcium occurred within three days, in the third patient normocalcaemia was achieved in seven days. In view of its rapid and sustained...

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Published in:BMJ 1972-07, Vol.3 (5820), p.205-207
Main Authors: Buckle, R. M., Gamlen, T. R., Pullen, I. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Albumins
Animals
Back Pain - drug therapy
Blood
Blood proteins
Bones
Buckles
Calcitonin - therapeutic use
Calcium
Ergocalciferols - poisoning
Female
Globulins
Humans
Hypercalcemia - chemically induced
Hypercalcemia - drug therapy
Hypoparathyroidism - drug therapy
Intoxication
Middle Aged
Papers and Originals
Phosphates
Poisoning - drug therapy
Swine
Vitamin D
Vitamin D - poisoning
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Summary:Porcine calcitonin was used to treat three patients with hypercalcaemia due to vitamin D intoxication. In two patients a rapid and sustained fall to normal in serum calcium occurred within three days, in the third patient normocalcaemia was achieved in seven days. In view of its rapid and sustained effect calcitonin may be of value in the urgent treatment of hypercalcaemia due to vitamin D intoxication.
ISSN:0007-1447
0959-8138
1468-5833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.3.5820.205