Calcitonin is a man-made form of a hormone that occurs naturally in the thyroid gland.
Calcitonin Nasal Spray is used to treat osteoporosis in women who have been in menopause for at least 5 years. It should be used along with adequate calcium and vitamin D intake.
Calcitonin may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
To make sure you are not allergic to Calcitonin, your doctor may perform an allergy skin test before your first dose of Calcitonin Nasal Spray.
Before using Calcitonin, tell your doctor if you have any nasal or sinus problems such as nasal deformities, a chronic infection, or nasal pain.
Avoid using any other nasal sprays or medicines at the same time you use Calcitonin unless your doctor has told you to.
Call your doctor at once if you have any type of severe irritation of your nose, or if you feel light-headed or faint.
Less serious nasal irritation is more likely to occur, such as minor bleeding, redness, itching, tenderness, dryness, crusting, scabs, or nasal congestion.
To be sure Calcitonin is not causing harmful side effects to the inside of your nose, your doctor may want to check your nasal passages often. Visit your doctor regularly.
You should not use this medicine if you are allergic to salmon calcitonin.
To make sure Calcitonin is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have:
Using Calcitonin may increase your risk of developing certain types of cancer. Ask your doctor about your specific risk.
FDA pregnancy category C. It is not known whether Calcitonin will harm an unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant while using this medicine.
It is not known whether calcitonin nasal passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby. You should not breast-feed while using this medicine.
To make sure you are not allergic to calcitonin, your doctor may perform an allergy skin test before your first dose of this medicine.
Calcitonin comes with patient instructions for safe and effective use. Follow these directions carefully. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions.
Store unopened bottle of Calcitonin in the refrigerator but do not allow it to freeze.
Once you put the bottle and pump assembly together, you may keep the medicine at room temperature, away from light and heat. Store the bottle upright with the pump attached.
Before your first use of the assembled bottle and pump, you must prime the spray. Allow the medicine to reach room temperature before priming.
To prime Calcitonin, press the pump at least 5 times until a fine mist appears. Prime the spray only before your first use of the newly assembled bottle.
To use the nasal spray:
Do not blow your nose for at least a few minutes after using the nasal spray.
If the spray gets in your eyes or mouth or on your skin, rinse with water.
Calcitonin is usually given as one spray per day into only one of your nostrils. Use the other nostril the next day and continue alternating back and forth for each daily dose.
Calcitonin spray delivers a fine mist into the nose. Even if you do not feel the spray while using it, the medication is still being absorbed by your nasal passages.
Each bottle contains 30 doses of Calcitonin. Throw away the medicine after 30 uses, even if there is still medicine left in the bottle.
To be sure this medication is not causing harmful side effects to the inside of your nose, your doctor may want to check your nasal passages often.
Your doctor may have you take extra vitamin D while you are using Calcitonin. Take only the amount of vitamin D that your doctor has prescribed.
Avoid using any other nasal sprays or nasal medicines at the same time you use Calcitonin unless your doctor has told you to.
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction to Calcitonin: hives; fast heartbeats; feeling lightheaded; chest pain, difficult breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor at once if you have:
Common Calcitonin side effects may include:
Other drugs may interact with calcitonin, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products. Tell each of your health care providers about all medicines you use now and any medicine you start or stop using.
人々は、体の内部時計を調節するために、メラトニンを使います。予定が毎日の仕事を変える人々で睡眠覚醒循環を調節するために、それが時差ぼけのために使われます。それが、盲人が1昼夜サイクルを確立するのを援助するために使われます。メラトニンが、寝入る(不眠症)ことができないことのためにも、使われます; 遅延性睡眠段階症候群(DSPS); 急速眼球運動睡眠行動障害(RBD); 注意力欠陥-活動亢進障害(ADHD)を伴う不眠症; 特定の高血圧薬物による不眠症は、ベータ受容体遮断薬を呼びました; そして、自閉症、脳性麻痺と知的な障害を含む発達上の障害の子供たちの睡眠問題。ベンゾジアゼピン薬の用法をやめた後に、そして、禁煙する副作用を減らすために、それが睡眠援助としても使われます。一部の人々は、アルツハイマー病または記憶喪失(痴呆)のためにメラトニンを使います。障害、慢性閉塞性肺疾患(COPD)と呼ばれている肺疾患、ベータ受容体遮断薬薬に起因する不眠症、子宮内膜症のために、一部の人々はメラトニンを使います。そして、耳、落ち込みまたは季節性感情障害(SAD)、軽い精神的欠陥、アルコールを含まない肝疾患、慢性疲労症候群(CFS)、線維筋痛、絶え間ない足症候群を取り囲みます。そして、炎症性病気がサルコイドーシス、精神分裂症、片頭痛と他頭痛、年齢に関連する視力損失、良性前立腺過形成(BPH)、過敏性大腸症候群(IBS)、骨損失(骨粗鬆症)、遅行性顔面麻痺(TD)と呼ばれている運動障害と呼ばれています。酸性の逆流病、ヘリコバクターピロリ(H. pylori)、運動パフォーマンス、不妊性、癲癇、手術後の回復、麻酔に起因する動揺、ストレス、不随意運動障害(遅行性顔面麻痺)、定めることから体を起こす(姿勢の心搏急速症候群)ことに、貴社が移る心拍数の変化、精神錯乱、排尿をコントロールすることができないこと、あごの痛み、炎症性腸疾患(潰瘍性大腸炎)のための更年期(メタボリックシンドローム)のために、老化のために、そして、産児制限のために、一部の人々は、メラトニンを使います。 ... 詳細
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