Q1 What is the use of calcium acetate?

Calcium acetate is used in patients with end-stage kidney failure who are on dialysis to treat hyperphosphatemia with too much phosphate in the blood. Calcium acetate works by binding in the food you consume to the phosphate, and it is extracted from the body without being absorbed.

Q2 What are the side effects of taking calcium acetate?

Calcium acetate side effects high calcium levels in your blood — nausea, diarrhoea, constipation, increased appetite or urination, muscle fatigue, bone pain, discomfort, energy loss or tired feeling.

Q3 What is the difference between calcium carbonate and calcium acetate?

Two commonly used phosphate-binding agents are calcium carbonate and calcium acetate, and while both have similar efficacy, calcium acetate contains less elemental calcium

Q4 Is calcium acetate toxic?

Acute toxicity data for Calcium Acetate indicate that this is level IV toxicity for all exposure paths. Calcium acetate has no subchronic or developmental toxicity and is neither mutagenic nor genotoxic.

Q5 Is calcium acetate soluble in water?

Calcium acetate is a water-soluble compound used to neutralize and alkalize paper in aqueous and non-aqueous ways. Nevertheless, calcium acetate is converted to calcium carbonate with a release of acetic acid during the neutralization process.