Prescribing-label excerpts
Calcium Acetate
Reference for: Calcium Acetate. Source presentation: capsule. Source route: oral.
The source label presents its clinical-pharmacology findings together. These selected passages retain the source’s study context; the full label provides the complete discussion.
Clinical pharmacology
Patients with ESRD retain phosphorus and can develop hyperphosphatemia. High serum phosphorus can precipitate serum calcium resulting in ectopic calcification.
Hyperphosphatemia also plays a role in the development of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with ESRD.
Calcium acetate (calcium acetate capsules) when taken with meals, combines with dietary phosphate to form an insoluble calcium phosphate complex, which is excreted in the feces, resulting in decreased serum phosphorus concentration.
Orally administered calcium acetate from pharmaceutical dosage forms is systemically absorbed up to approximately 40% under fasting conditions and up to approximately 30% under non-fasting conditions. This range represents data from both healthy subjects and renal dialysis patients under various conditions.
Selected passages from the cited U.S. prescribing label. The studies concern the source product and populations named in each passage; they do not establish Walter-product bioequivalence, an approved indication, or the kinetics of another fixed combination. Tables and the full prescribing information remain available in the source.
Source: DailyMed: Calcium Acetate — capsule
Reference accessed . Label revision: 2026-02-24.
