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Calcium and Dexamethasone: what the published research says

PubMed indexes 4 records that name Calcium and Dexamethasone together, either in the title or in an interaction, co-administration, or pharmacokinetic context. Each one is listed below with its study design and, where the abstract states one, the authors’ own conclusion, quoted and linked. This page reports that literature. It does not tell you whether to combine them.

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An evidence index, not guidance.

Every statement below is attributed to a named, dated, linked source.

This page lists published research relevant to Calcium and Dexamethasone. It deliberately does not state whether the combination is safe, whether it interacts, in which direction, at what dose, or how far apart to take them.

The research

4 studies naming Calcium and Dexamethasone.

Strongest relevance first: papers naming both substances in the title, then human trials and systematic reviews.

Duodenal calcium absorption in dexamethasone-treated mice: functional and molecular aspects.

Archives of biochemistry and biophysics · 2007 · PMID 17224125

Comparative StudyAnimal study

“Decreased osteocalcin levels suggested impaired bone formation. Hence, short-term glucocorticoid excess in young animals affected bone metabolism without detectable changes in intestinal or renal calcium handling.”

Van Cromphaut et al. · From the abstract

Names both Calcium and Dexamethasone in its title.

miR-125b differentially impacts mineralization in dexamethasone and calcium-treated human mesenchymal stem cells.

Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2025 · PMID 39897583

“In conclusion, miR-125b affinity for targets implicated in bone remodeling changed depending on the in vitro models used to induce mineralization and led to opposite physiological effects. This work shows the complexity of drugs such as dexamethasone and opens the door for new in vitro models of mineralization.”

Joris et al. · From the abstract

Names both Calcium and Dexamethasone in its title.

Regulatory effect of dexamethasone on tracheal calcium processing proteins and mucosal secretion.

Journal of physiology and pharmacology : an official journal of the Polish Physiological Society · 2019 · PMID 31172971

Animal study

“The dexamethasone-induced decrease in the secretion of mucosubstances in the trachea was determined by performing Alcian blue-periodic acid-Schiff staining. Thus, the findings of the present study suggest that glucocorticoids simultaneously can regulate the expression of calcium processing genes and tracheal mucosecretion.”

Lee et al. · From the abstract

Names both Calcium and Dexamethasone in its title.

Limitations

What this evidence cannot tell you.

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NutriStack is a free iPhone app for organising a supplement routine: what you take, when, and what the published record says about it. Its exploratory interaction checker covers Calcium, Dexamethasone, and several hundred other substances.

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