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Is It Advisable To Take Shelcal-500mg During Pregnancy?

during pregnancy, we were suggested by shelcal-500mg, twice a day.. we would like to use the calcium 250mg tablets with 4 times day. is it okay or not? if it is okay, what is the time difference between each dose. is there any chewable calcium tablets?
Thu, 5 Mar 2015
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hi you can take shelcal 250 mg 4 times daily as it is the same thing. chewable ca tablets available as viactiv or femycal . time diff can be 4 hours apart. take care all the best .
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Is It Advisable To Take Shelcal-500mg During Pregnancy?

hi you can take shelcal 250 mg 4 times daily as it is the same thing. chewable ca tablets available as viactiv or femycal . time diff can be 4 hours apart. take care all the best .