Calcitonin
Also called Salmon calcitonin, Miacalcin, Fortical
No single human route established in this referenceProduct label
Research reference
Product label
Calcitonin salmon indication-specific injection
Examples differ: 100 USP units/day for symptomatic Paget's disease; hypercalcaemia starts at 4 USP units/kg every 12 hours
Hypercalcaemia response checked within 1–2 days; continuing use needs periodic review
Calcitonin salmon injection product label ↗When results may show
- When change was measured
- Calcium response and the underlying condition determine follow-up; the label notes important limits on fracture evidence and a malignancy signal.
- When to assess
- Hypercalcaemia response checked within 1–2 days; continuing use needs periodic review
- Conditions and limitations
- Specified bone conditions or hypercalcaemia; exact salmon-calcitonin product. Biological units, mg and nasal doses are not interchangeable. Do not merge acute weight-based and longer-term fixed-unit schedules.
- When to stop
- Use the exact product's clinical monitoring and stopping instructions. A supply interval is not a stop date; severe or persistent reactions need prompt clinical review.
Research timing is descriptive, not a promise or personal instruction. A severe or persistent reaction needs prompt clinical review. This is not medical advice.
Modelled level — every day
1× is the peak after a single dose.
- Steady-state peak
- 1.00× single dose
- Time to steady state
- 5hours
- Administrations
- 7/ week
Read off the modelled curve, not an even-interval formula
About five half-lives
Where these numbers come from
- Calcitonin salmon injection product labelBiological units, mg and nasal doses are not interchangeable. Do not merge acute weight-based and longer-term fixed-unit schedules.