Sentences with phrase «increase calcitriol»
May increase calcitriol doses about 0.75 - 1.0 ng / kg to a maximum dose of 5ng / kg.
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These findings indicate that, as expected, dietary calcium deficiency causes our parathyroid glands to make more parathyroid hormone, thus increasing the conversion of 25 (OH) D to the more active calcitriol.
In the kidneys, PTH stimulates the conversion of vitamin D into its active form (1,25 - dihydroxyvitamin D; calcitriol), which rapidly decreases urinary excretion of calcium but increases urinary excretion of phosphorus.
Calcitriol can be used to reduce the function of the parathyroid gland and to increase calcium absorption from the intestinal tract.