There are several types of calcium tablets

The types of calcium tablets are actually the types of calcium sources.

The following is a list of the main types of calcium sources:

1, calcium carbonate: high calcium content, little side effects, cheap, high absorption rate, can reach 40%, similar to milk, is the nation's people are easy to accept and widely used in a calcium preparation.

2, calcium lactate: is one of China's traditional calcium supplements, its advantage is easy to dissolve, the disadvantage is that the calcium content is low. These preparations are: calcium lactate, containing calcium 13%; calcium gluconate, containing calcium 9%, made of tablets with even lower content, to achieve the adult daily calcium supplement 1000 mg, need to take too many tablets, which is difficult for people to accept.

3, calcium phosphate: is commonly used in Japan to supplement calcium varieties, containing calcium 23.3%, relatively high, China's Chengdu Pharmaceutical Factory also has a production, each tablet contains 70 mg of calcium, calcium and drug prices are medium, but its disadvantage is that the disintegration of tablets and absorption is more difficult, coupled with its high phosphorus content, harmful to renal dysfunction, and therefore less application.