One-Alpha® (alfacalcidol) and hemodialysis
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Nova Scotia Health Authority. Pharmacy Services, Nova Scotia Health Authority. Renal Program.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2023.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1470
- Available Online
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One-Alpha® is a medication with the active ingredient alfacalcidol. This is a form of vitamin D. The liver changes alfacalcidol to calcitriol, which is a form of vitamin D that can be used by the body. Alfacalcidol helps your body control your calcium and phosphate levels. Calcium and phosphate are needed to build healthy bones. People get vitamin D from sunlight, and from eating oily fish and milk products. People with kidney disease cannot change enough vitamin D into calcitriol. This can ca…
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Pharmacy Services
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Renal Program
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2023
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([4] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - drug therapy
- Renal Dialysis
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Chronic renal failure
- Kidneys--Diseases--Treatment
- Hemodialysis
- Abstract
- One-Alpha® is a medication with the active ingredient alfacalcidol. This is a form of vitamin D. The liver changes alfacalcidol to calcitriol, which is a form of vitamin D that can be used by the body. Alfacalcidol helps your body control your calcium and phosphate levels. Calcium and phosphate are needed to build healthy bones. People get vitamin D from sunlight, and from eating oily fish and milk products. People with kidney disease cannot change enough vitamin D into calcitriol. This can cause low calcium levels of in the blood and weaker bones. One-Alpha® raises the amount of vitamin D in your body that can be used. How to take the medication, side effects to watch for, and how to store it are reviewed. One-Alpha® is a brand name for alfacalcidol.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Renal Pharmacy Team, Renal Program
- Pamphlet Number
- 1470
