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“Concomitant use of aluminium hydroxide and calcium carbonate should be restricted to patients in whom the degree of aluminium accumulation is monitored by serial desferrioxamine tests.”
“Gradually we increased the dose of calcium carbonate and decreased the dose of aluminum hydroxide to maintain the predialysis serum calcium and phosphate concentrations between 8-10 and 4-6 mg/dl, respectively.”
Mineral and electrolyte metabolism • 1997 | View Paper
“The dialysate calcium concentration was lowered from 1 .62 to 1.25 nunol/L. Gradually, we increased the dose of calcium carbonate and decreased the dose of aluminum hydroxide.”
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN • 1996 | View Paper
“The authors report a significant increase from 1.77 ± 0.35 (while on aluminum hydroxide ) to 1.93 ± 0.48 mmol/l on calcium carbonate , with p = 0.03 using a paired t test.”