Caltrate

Caltrate is a brand name calcium supplement sold by Pfizer Consumer Healthcare and in Japan by Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical. The Caltrate brand is supplied in many different formulas; calcium carbonate (NOT calcium citrate) is the common ingredient serving as the calcium supplement source.[1] Caltrate contains 600 mg of calcium carbonate as opposed to 200 mg in a typical multivitamin product. Citrate Plus also contains 800 IU of vitamin D (cholecalciferol), 20 mcg vitamin K1, 50 mg magnesium, 7.5 mg zinc oxide, 1 mg copper, and 1.8 mg of manganese (II) sulfate monohydrate.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Caltrate: Pfizer Consumer Healthcare Archived March 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "Caltrate PLUS | Caltrate". www.caltrate.ca. Retrieved 2018-08-18.


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