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Case Reports
. 1978 Jan;54(627):36-7.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.54.627.36.

Obsolete but dangerous antacid preparations

R H Robson, R C Heading
Case Reports

Obsolete but dangerous antacid preparations

R H Robson et al. Postgrad Med J. 1978 Jan.

Abstract

One case of acute hypercalcaemia and two of recurrent nephrolithiasis are reported in patients who had regularly consumed large amounts of calcium carbon-ate-sodium bicarbonate powders for more than 20 years. The powders had been obtained from pharmacists unknown to the patients' medical practitioners. It is suggested that these preparations were responsible for the patient's problems, and that such powders should no longer be freely obtainable.

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