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Health Care Professionals
Genzyme is committed to providing a high level of support to healthcare professionals. Hectorol offers professionals an important tool to manage secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) in patients with CKD stage 3, stage 4, and stage 5 on dialysis. In addition, we've partnered with the worldwide nephrology community to develop programs that facilitate access to our products, enhance patient education, and advance nephrology research.
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Hectorol is indicated for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with Stage 3 or Stage 4 chronic kidney disease (capsules) and in patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis (capsules and injection)∙ Hectorol is contraindicated in patients with a tendency towards hypercalcemia or evidence of vitamin D toxicity ∙ Overdosage of any form of vitamin D is dangerous∙ Acute hypercalcemia may exacerbate tendencies for cardiac arrhythmias and seizures and may potentiate the action of digitalis drugs∙ Chronic hypercalcemia can lead to generalized vascular and soft tissue calcification∙ Pharmacologic doses of vitamin D and its derivatives should be withheld during Hectorol treatment to avoid possible additive effects and hypercalcemia∙ Magnesium-containing antacids and Hectorol should not be administered concomitantly∙ Adverse effects of Hectorol treatment are: hypercalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, hypercalciuria, and oversuppression of iPTH∙ Adverse events reported by ³ 5% of the Hectorol-treated predialysis patients included: infection, chest pain, constipation, dyspepsia, anemia, dehydration, depression, hypertonia, insomnia, paresthesia, increased cough, dyspnea and rhinitis ∙ Adverse events reported by ³ 5% of the Hectorol-treated dialysis patients included: headache, malaise, bradycardia, nausea/vomiting, edema, dizziness, dyspnea, and pruritus. See Hectorol Capsules Full Prescribing Information or Hectorol Injection Full Prescribing Information.
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