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Eliphos (Calcium Acetate) is indicated to prevent high blood phosphate levels. It is patients who are on dialysis due to severe kidney disease. Decreasing blood phosphate levels can help keep your bones strong. It prevents an unsafe build-up of minerals in your body. It also possibly decreases the risk of strokes and heart disease that can result from high phosphate levels.
Dialysis removes some phosphate from your blood but it is difficult to remove enough to keep your phosphate levels balanced.
Calcium is a mineral that is needed for many functions of the body mainly bone maintenance and formation. Calcium can also aid in their removal from the body and bind to other minerals such as phosphate.
Calcium acetate is used to control phosphate levels to keep them from getting too high in people with kidney failure. It is a natural mineral that works by holding onto phosphate from the diet so that it can pass out from your body.
Eliphos (Calcium Acetate) acts as a phosphate binder. This is available as tablets for oral use. Each tablet has 667mg of Calcium Acetate as an active ingredient. In the year 1990, this medication was originally approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The recommended initial dose of this medication is 2 tablets with a meal. It is to be taken by mouth. Take it exactly as it is prescribed. Do not increase your dose or take it more frequently than recommended. Doing so may increase your risk of side effects.
Remember to take it with each meal every day or on the schedule given to you by your doctor.