Chemical formula: La Molecular mass: 457.835 g/mol PubChem compound: 168924
Lanthanum is indicated for:
Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)
Lanthanum is indicated in adult patients as a phosphate binding agent for use in the control of hyperphosphataemia in chronic renal failure patients on haemodialysis or continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).
Lanthanum is also indicated in adult patients with chronic kidney disease not on dialysis with serum phosphate levels ≥1.78 mmol/L in whom a low phosphate diet alone is insufficient to control serum phosphate levels.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):
Lanthanum is contraindicated in the following cases:
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