Patient leaflet - Colextra-D3 20 000 IU capsules soft
2. what you need to know before you take colextra-d3 capsules
Do not take Colextra-D3 capsules:
- If you are allergic (hypersensitive) to vitamin D or any of the other ingredients in the capsules (listed in Section 6)
- If you have high levels of vitamin D in your blood (hypervitaminosis D)
- If you have high levels of calcium (hypercalcaemia) or high urine levels of calcium (hypercalciuria)
- If you have kidney stones or serious kidney problems
Warnings and precautions
Check with your doctor before taking Colextra-D3 capsules:
- If you have kidney damage or disease. Your doctor may want to measure the levels of calcium in your blood or urine
- If you are being treated for heart disease
- If you have sarcoidosis (an immune system disorder which may affect your liver, lungs, skin or lymph nodes)
- If you are already taking additional doses of calcium or vitamin D. Whilst you are taking Colextra-D3 capsules your doctor will monitor you blood levels of calcium to make sure they are not too high
Children and adolescents
Do not give this medicine to children and adolescents under 12 years of age.
Other medicines and Colextra-D3 capsules
Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, have recently taken or might take any other medicines, including medicines obtained without a prescription.
In particular, the following medicines may interact with Colextra-D3 capsules:
- Heart medicines (cardiac glycosides such as digoxin). Your doctor may monitor your heart with an electrocardiogram (ECG) and measure the levels of calcium in your blood
- Thiazide diuretics (used to treat high blood pressure) reduce the urinary excretion of calcium and can increase the risk of hypercalcaemia
- Medicines to treat epilepsy (such as phenytoin) or medicines to make you sleep (barbiturates such as phenobarbitone) as these medicines can decrease the effect of vitamin D
- Glucocorticoids (steroid hormones such as hydrocortisone or prednisolone). These can decrease the effect of vitamin D
- Laxatives (such as paraffin oil) or a cholesterol lowering drug called colestyramine may reduce the absorption of vitamin D
- Actinomycin (a medicine used to treat some forms of cancer) and imidazole antifungals (medicines such as clotrimazole and ketoconazole used to treat fungal diseases) as they may interfere with the metabolism of vitamin D
3. how to take colextra-d3 capsules
Always take Colextra-D3 capsules exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
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