Introducing Altavita®
Comprehensive care for a broad range of patients – adults, adolescents, children, pregnancy and breastfeeding and those with swallowing difficulties.¹⁻⁵
Click here for further information about patients who are at risk of vitamin D deficiency
Full range of Altavita SmPC’s available on medicines.ie or www.ema.europa.eu
* Doses of 1,000 – 2,000 IU/day may be required to prevent deficiency in some women (see SmPC’s for details of patients at risk of vitamin D Deficiency). Even higher doses may be required during breast-feeding if women choose not to give the infant a vitamin D supplement. †Vitamin D deficiency = 25 (OH) D 25 nmol/l (See SmPC’s)
Altavita D3 is indicated for the Prevention and Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency¹⁻⁵
Prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency
Altavita D3 offers a choice of 1,000 IU daily, 7,000 IU weekly or 25,000 IU monthly vitamin D3 medicines for the Prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency.¹⁻⁴
You can discuss with your patient which of these presentations ties in with their routine. This can aid patient compliance with their medicine.
Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency
Altavita D3 offers a choice of 1 x Altavita 50,000 IU soft capsules or 2 x Altavita 25,000 IU soft capsules for the treatment of vitamin D deficiency (taken weekly for 6-8 weeks). ³⁻⁵
Therapeutic serum 25(OH)D concentrations can be achieved equally well with daily, weekly or monthly dosing frequencies
An 8-week study comparing similar cumulative doses of vitamin D₃, administered either daily, weekly, or monthly in elderly patients with hip fracture, demonstrated that supplementation with vitamin D can be achieved equally well with daily, weekly, or monthly dosing.⁶
- Consilient Health Ltd, Altavita® D3 1,000 IU soft capsules, SPC – available on medicines.ie
- Consilient Health Ltd, Altavita® D3 7,000 IU soft capsules, SPC – available on medicines.ie
- Consilient Health Ltd, Altavita® D3 25,000 IU soft capsules, SPC– available on medicines.ie
- Consilient Health Ltd, Altavita®D3 50,000 IU soft capsules, SPC – available on medicines.ie
- Consilient Health Ltd, Altavita® D3 25,000 IU oral solution, SPC – available on medicines.ie
- Ish-Shalom S et al. Comparison of daily, weekly, and monthly vitamin D3 in ethanol dosing protocols for two months in elderly hip fracture patients. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2008; 93(9): 3430-3435.
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Adverse events should be reported. Reporting forms and information are available from HPRA Pharmacovigilance on the HPRA website www.hpra.ie.
Adverse events should also be reported to Consilient Health at drugsafety@consilienthealth.com or 012057766.
The information on this website is intended for Healthcare Professionals who practice in the Republic of Ireland only.