Ideos Carbonate Chewable Tablets 30Tabs

1. WHAT IDEOS IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR

This medicine provides calcium and vitamin D3 (also called cholecalciferol) to the body. This medicine is used: • in case of vitamin D and calcium deficiency in the elderly. • in association with some treatments of osteoporosis (a condition where bone mass decreases and bone brittleness increases), when there is deficiency or a risk of deficiency in vitamin D and calcium. This medicine is intended for use in adults. 2. BEFORE YOU TAKE IDEOS Do not take IDEOS • if you are allergic (hypersensitive) to calcium or vitamin D or any of the other ingredients of this medicine. See composition in section 6. • if you are allergic (hypersensitive) to peanut or soya (this product contains soybean oil), • If you have high calcium levels in your blood (hypercalcaemia), • If you have high levels of calcium in your urine (hypercalciuria), • If you have a condition that leads to hypercalcaemia and/or hypercalciuria (e.g. overactive parathyroid glands, a disease of the bone marrow, a malignant bone tumor, bone metastases), • If you are suffering from kidney disease (kidney failure), • If you are suffering from kidney stones (calcium lithiasis) or if you have calcium deposits in your kidneys (nephrocalcinosis). • If you have high levels of vitamin D in your blood (hypervitaminosis D). • if you are immobile for a great part of the day. Talk to your doctor before taking this product if any of the above apply to you. Take special care with IDEOS • If you have a long period of immobility and if you have a high concentration of calcium in blood and /or urine. Your doctor will allow you to take this medicine when you can walk again. • In case of prolonged treatment, regular blood and urine tests are necessary to monitor calcium levels in your blood and urine.