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Alfacalcidol: 1-alpha-hydroxycholecalciferol, 1 alpha (OH)D3.
Calcifediol: 25-HCC, 25-hydroxycholecalciferol, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, 25-OHCC, 25-OHD3.
Calcipotriene: Calcipotriol.
Calcitriol: 1,25-DHCC, 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, 1,25-diOHC, 1,25(0H)2D3.
Cholecalciferol: Activated 7-dehydrocholesterol, colecalciferol, Vitamin D3.
Dihydrotachysterol: DHT, dihydrotachysterol 2, dichysterol.
Ergocalciferol: Activated ergosterol, Calciferol, Ergocalciferolum, Irradiated ergosterol, Viosterol, Vitamin D2.
Paricalcitol: 19-nor-1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D2, Paracalcin.
Fat-Soluble Vitamin. |
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| 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol; 25-hydroxycholecalciferol; Alfacalcidol; Calcifediol; Calcipotriene; Calcitriol; Cholecalciferol; Dihydrotachysterol; Ergocalciferol; Paricalcitol. |
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Orally, vitamin D is used for preventing osteoporosis, muscle weakness, enhancing immune function, preventing autoimmune diseases, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, bronchitis, and cancer. It is also used orally for rickets, premenstrual syndrome (PMS), preventing falls and fractures in people at risk for osteoporosis, corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis, osteomalacia, anticonvulsant-induced osteomalacia, renal osteodystrophy, osteitis fibrosa in people on dialysis, hepatic osteodystrophy, and osteogenesis imperfecta. Vitamin D is also used for preventing and treating hypocalcemia and tetany in premature infants' bone disorders in people with familial hypophosphatemia, hypophosphatemia associated with Fanconi syndrome, and hypocalcemia associated with postoperative or idiopathic hypoparathyroidism or pseudohypoparathyroidism. Other uses include plaque-type psoriasis, actinic keratosis, lupus vulgaris, squamous cell carcinomas, vitiligo, scleroderma, myelodysplastic syndrome, periodontal disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and diabetes. Vitamin D is also used orally to treat severe proximal myopathy associated with vitamin D deficiency or myopathy associated with the use of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statin-induced myopathy), and to maintain bone density in prostatic cancer patients at risk for osteoporosis when treated with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analogue (LHRH-a).
Topically, vitamin D is used as calcitriol or calcipotriene for plaque-type psoriasis.
Intravenously, vitamin D, administered as calcitriol, is used for hypocalcemic tetany in premature infants, hypocalcemia and hyperparathyroidism in renal dialysis patients, and osteitis fibrosa.
Intramuscularly, vitamin D is administered as ergocalciferol for hepatic osteodystrophy, as an injectable source of vitamin D, and to treat severe proximal myopathy associated with vitamin D deficiency.
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