Drug brand Pth (60 mg) is being manufactured and marketed by Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd. The main active ingredient or salt in this drug is Cinacalcet. This drug comes in the form of Tablet. The general packing available for this medicine consists of 10 Tablet and is priced at Rs 1.00 (arround $0.014 US Dollar)
The main active ingredient or salt in Pth (60 mg) is Cinacalcet.
Cinacalcet is used alone or with other medications to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism (a condition in which the body produces too much parathyroid hormone
a natural substance needed to control the amount of calcium in the blood
which can cause serious problems with the bones, heart, blood vessels, and lungs) in patients with chronic kidney disease (condition in which the kidneys stop working slowly and gradually) who are being treated with dialysis (medical treatment to clean the blood when the kidneys are not working properly). Cinacalcet is also used to treat high levels of calcium in the blood of patients who have parathyroid cancer (cancer of the glands in the neck that make parathyroid hormone). Cinacalcet is in a class of medications called calcimimetics. It works by signaling the body to produce less parathyroid hormone in order to decrease the amount of calcium in the blood.
Pth (60 mg) - Cinacalcet - For more details on its Indication, Prescription, Usage, Dosage, Precaution, Side Effects etc, please check : Pth (60 mg) - Cinacalcet..
Generic Drug Substitutes for : Pth (60 mg)
There are 0 brands listed here as Generic Substitutes for Pth (60 mg), which have same salt or similar Generic composition (i.e. Cinacalcet-60 mg). Please note that one can request a doctor or pharmacist to substitute a generic version of the prescribed drug brand, if any. So far as quality and performance of generic version is concerned, mostly, Generics with the same active ingredient (here i.e. Cinacalcet-60 mg), are just as appropriate and effective for patient treatment as otherwise, the prescribed branded one