Key ingredients:

• Calcium: 500 mg
• Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol): 250 IU

Key benefits/uses of Shelcal 500 Tablet:

1. To treat calcium deficiency due to:

• Inadequate dietary intake
• Hypoparathyroidism (reduced production of parathyroid hormones which regulate the levels of calcium and phosphorous in the body)
• Kidney failure
• Pancreatitis (Inflammation of the pancreas)
• Certain medicines such as corticosteroids, anticonvulsants, and rifampicin
• Liver disease, causing low albumin levels which might affect calcium levels

2. To treat Vitamin D3 deficiency due to:

• Decreased function of the kidneys
• Inadequate absorption of Vitamin D3 by the digestive tract (due to conditions like Crohn’s disease, celiac disease, and cystic fibrosis)

3. To increase the levels of Vitamin D3 in the milk of breastfeeding women. Vitamin D3 requirements of breastfed infants cannot be met by human milk alone. Hence, mothers are advised for supplementation of Vitamin D3.

4. To increase Vitamin D3 levels in elderly people because due to age and a long time spent indoors, their skin fails to synthesize Vitamin D3 efficiently.
5. To improve levels of Vitamin D3 in people with fat malabsorption whose intestine fails to absorb fat from the diet, thereby reducing the absorption of Vitamin D3 which needs dietary fat to get used by the body.

Direction for use:

Take Shelcal 500 as directed by your physician. In general, it is best to take it after meals, as the source of calcium in Shelcal 500 is calcium carbonate, which is absorbed well in the presence of food.