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THE ACUTE BIOCHEMICAL EFFECTS OF FOUR PROPRIETARY CALCIUM PREPARATIONS
Author(s) -
REID I. R.,
SCHOOLER B. A.,
HANNAN S. F.,
IBBERTSON H. K.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1986.tb01147.x
Subject(s) - calcium , hydroxyproline , urine , endocrinology , medicine , creatinine , sodium , ingestion , parathyroid hormone , bone resorption , resorption , excretion , chemistry , organic chemistry
Changes in serum and urine biochemical indices have been studied in ten normal subjects in the four hours following the ingestion of four proprietary calcium supplements. Each was taken in a dose containing 1 gram of elemental calcium. The four preparations were ranked according to the amount of calcium absorbed in the order Spar‐Cal and Calcium Sandoz> Os‐Cal> Ossopan. There were no significant differences between the four preparations in the changes in parathyroid hormone (PTH) and urine hydroxyproline levels. For this reason, the four results from each subject were averaged. Following the calcium load there was a reduction in mean PTH from 0.16 ± 0.01 to 0.10 ± 0.02 μg/l ( p <0.001) and a decline in urine hydroxyproline/creatinine ratio from 20 ± 1 to 17 ± 1 ( p <0.02), suggesting that bone resorption responds immediately to dietary calcium intake. There was a rise in urine sodium excretion which correlated with the indices of calcium absorption ( r = 0.63, p <0.01) but not with the sodium content of the calcium preparations. This effect could be important, particularly in elderly patients on borderline sodium intakes.