Calcium and Pantoprazole: what the published research says
PubMed indexes 6 records that name Calcium and Pantoprazole 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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This page lists published research relevant to Calcium and Pantoprazole. 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.
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The research
6 studies naming Calcium and Pantoprazole.
Strongest relevance first: papers naming both substances in the title, then human trials and systematic reviews.
Clinical drug investigation · 2014 · PMID 24935051
Randomized Controlled Trial
“The pharmacokinetic parameters of cinacalcet were not affected by co-administration of CaCO(3), sevelamer HCl or pantoprazole. Co-administration of these agents with cinacalcet does not require an adjustment of the dose of cinacalcet.”
“These results demonstrate clinical evidence for an adverse effect of gastric acid suppression on the effectiveness of calcium carbonate phosphate binders. Given their frequent co-prescription, this interaction may be a minor but common reason why some patients fail to control hyperphosphataemia. Clinicians should regularly assess the need for acid suppressants. Further studies are needed to investigate interactions with other phosphate binders.”
Drug design, development and therapy · 2020 · PMID 32753839
Animal study
“Calcium supplementation per se can prevent the deterioration of bone trabecular microstructures in rats receiving long-term treatment of pantoprazole.”
European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2022 · PMID 34714373
Observational StudyHuman subjects
“The study findings proved a negative impact of pantoprazole use on Ca2+ and Mg2+ levels, which can impact TRPM7-mediated bone remodelling which serves to be a possible mechanism for osteoporosis upon pantoprazole use.”
Names Calcium and Pantoprazole together in an interaction, co-administration, or pharmacokinetic context.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2010 · PMID 20189276
Case ReportsHuman subjects
Names Calcium and Pantoprazole together in an interaction, co-administration, or pharmacokinetic context.
Limitations
What this evidence cannot tell you.
Search-based evidence indexes have real limits, and it is worth being explicit about them:
Selection. These records were found by searching PubMed titles and abstracts for both substance names alongside interaction and pharmacokinetic terms. Relevant work that phrases things differently, or is not indexed in PubMed, will be missing.
No effect size. The quoted conclusions are the authors’ words about their own study. We have not extracted effect direction or magnitude, and a single study’s conclusion is not a consensus.
Population mismatch. Findings in healthy volunteers, animals, or a specific patient group may not transfer to you, your dose, or your formulation.
Absence is not safety. Few published studies means the combination is under-studied, which is not the same as established as safe.
Nearby evidence
Other pairs with published research.
Pages covering Calcium or Pantoprazole alongside a different substance.
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