title: Vitamin D intoxication treated with porcine calcitonin.
abstract: Porcine calcitonin was used to treat three patients with hypercalcaemia due to vitamin D intoxication. In two patients a rapid and sustained fall to normal in serum calcium occurred within three days, in the third patient normocalcaemia was achieved in seven days. In view of its rapid and sustained effect calcitonin may be of value in the urgent treatment of hypercalcaemia due to vitamin D intoxication.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001416:Back Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004872:Ergocalciferols / Q000506:poisoning; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007011:Hypoparathyroidism / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011041:Poisoning / Q000188:drug therapy; D013552:Swine; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000506:poisoning*
chemical_list: D004872:Ergocalciferols; D014807:Vitamin D; D002116:Calcitonin