Calcium
Indications and Usage
- In the event of internal contamination with Sr-90 or Ra-226, generous doses
of oral calcium preparations should be beneficial.
- A variety of oral calcium supplements are available. One commonly
used one is Tums®. There are numerous others.
- Calcium is an alkaline earth, as
are strontium, barium, and radium, and a mass effect from calcium can interfere
with absorption of the other alkaline earths and compete with their deposition in
bone.
FDA Product Safety Info
- Not FDA approved for this indication/off-label use
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References |
- Marcus, CS. Administration of decorporation drugs to treat internal radionuclide contamination: medical emergency response to radiologic incidents. RSO Magazine, 2004;9(5):9-15. (PDF - 34 KB)
- "Radiation Bioterrorism," Tochner ZA, Lehavi O, Glatstein E, Chapter 207 in Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Kasper DL, Braunwald E, Fauci AS, Hauser SL, Longo DL, Jameson JL, eds. 16th Edition, pp 1294-1300, McGraw-Hill, 2005
- Management of Persons Accidentally Contaminated with Radionuclides, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, NCRP Report No. 65, Bethesda, MD, 1980.
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