Low calcium tetany, hypoparathyroidism senile, osteoporosis, rickets and osteomalacia.

Calcium plays an important role in neuromuscular activitiy, pancreatic insulin release, gastric hydrogen secretion, blood coagulation, and platelet aggregation.

Protein binding: 45%; Excretion- Renal clearance: 50 to 300 mg/day; chronic renal failure: decreased

Patient receiving digitalis glycosides, or patients with ventricullar fibrillation or hypercalcemia.

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Infant risk cannot be ruled out./Calcium is excreted in breast milk with a significant loss seen during laction.

vasodilation, hypotension, bradycardia, cardiac arrhythmias, ventricular fibrilation, hypercalcemia, hypercalciuria, tissue necrosis

Hypocalcemia: initial, 10% 20ml IV, followed by 0.3-0.8% solution infusion over 3-12 hours.