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Ireland· IE-PA-PPA0465/156/001

Calcichew 500 mg chewable tablets

A calcium carbonate product containing calcium, registered in Ireland by PCO Manufacturing Ltd.. The same ATC class is registered in 9 of our 19 countries.

ATC A12AA04

Checked against HPRA (Ireland) on

Informational only — not a medical device.

SOURCE REGISTER · IEHPRA (Ireland)normalisedCalcichew 500 mg chewable tabletsATCA12AA04REGISTER NO.IE-PA-PPA0465/156/001PACKS LISTED1CHECKEDSeptember 28, 2026

Where it is registered

Calcium carbonate is registered in 9 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC A12AA04 (calcium carbonate), each read from that country’s own register.

  • This record: Ireland, from HPRA (Ireland)
  • 7 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose

Calcium carbonate · ATC A12AA04

9 / 19 countries

  • Belgiumprice
  • Czechiaprice
  • Finlandprice
  • Ireland
  • Italyprice
  • Netherlands
  • Norwayprice
  • Polandprice
  • Switzerlandprice
Blue: a registration under this ATC code. The ringed marker is this record’s country. Markets marked price publish a price we can compare per daily dose.

Price per daily dose

What a daily dose of calcium carbonate costs, country by country.

Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (3 g), so markets compare like for like.

  • 1 market with a comparable price for this class
  • Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown

Calcium carbonate · price per daily dose (3 g)

USD · FX 28 Sept 2026

  • IT Italy$1029.20
Median listed price per WHO defined daily dose, in each market that publishes a price. Open the full comparison

The record

At a glance

HPRA (Ireland)
Active substance
Calcium
Manufacturer
PCO Manufacturing Ltd.
Country
Ireland (IE)
ATC code
A12AA04
ATC class
Calcium carbonate
Defined daily dose
3 g, O
Reimbursed
Not published by this register
Source register
HPRA (Ireland)
Last checked
September 28, 2026

Packs & prices · 1

  • ie_pa_number
    PPA0465/156/001

Regulatory notes

No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.

Interactions

239 interactions on record for calcium carbonate.

Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 8 severe. Severity grades are free for everyone; mechanism and management come with Growth.

  • Severity for every pair — free, no plan needed
  • The source, licence and sync date on every record
  • Mechanism and what to do for each pair — Growth plan

Calcium carbonate · interactions on record

239 records

  • 8 severe
  • 153 moderate
  • 64 minor

Most severe, free to view

  • RaltegravirJ05AJ01severe
  • DolutegravirJ05AJ03severe
  • RaltegravirJ05AX08severe
  • DolutegravirJ05AX12severe

14 more interactions with mechanism and management, from a commercially licensed source.

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  • Interaction severity from DDInter 2.0 (Xiong G. et al., Nucleic Acids Res.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 — free for non-commercial use only; not covered by the Drug Database commercial licence.
Mechanism and what to do, in the interaction check
Source: DDInter 2.0 · synced 29 Sept 2026. Grades as the source publishes them.

Same medicine, other countries

Calcium carbonate in 17 other countries

What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.

All calcium carbonate products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

The same active substance is authorised in 29 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:

  • Austria · Calciumacetat Medice, Calciumgluconat B. Braun
  • Belgium · Cacit, Calci-Chew
  • Bulgaria · Calrecia, Икалзис
  • Cyprus · Calrecia, Icalziss
  • Czechia · Biomin H, Calcii Carbonici Medicamenta Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
  • Germany · Calcet, Calcilac Mono
  • Denmark · Calcium Sandoz, Calciumchlorid Sad
  • Estonia · Calcigran Sine, Calrecia
  • Spain · Calrecia, Caosina
  • Finland · Calcichew Appelsiini, Calciumgluconat B. Braun
  • France · Cacit, Caddera
  • United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Adcal, Boots Indigestion Relief Peppermint
  • Greece · Body-Calcin, Calciform
  • Croatia · Calrecia, Icalziss
  • Hungary · Bano, Caddera
  • Iceland · Calcium Sandoz, Icalziss
  • Italy · Cacit, Calcio Carbonato Eg
  • Lithuania · Calcigran Sine, Calrecia
  • Luxembourg · Calci-Chew, Calciumacetat-Nefro
  • Latvia · Calcigran Sine, Calcium Sopharma
  • Malta · Calcium Gluconate Bp B. Braun Melsungen, Icalziss
  • Netherlands · Cacit, Caddera
  • Norway · Calrecia, Icalziss
  • Poland · Calcifar, Calcium (O Smaku Bananowym) Aflofarm
  • Portugal · Cálcio Farmalider, Calcioral
  • Romania · Calrecia, Clorocalcin
  • Sweden · Calcitugg, Calcium Sandoz
  • Slovenia · Icalziss, Kalcijev Karbonat Krka
  • Slovakia · Calcii Carbonas Galvex, Calcium Bbp

Source: European Medicines Agency, Article 57 product data.

Sourced from a public register and reproduced with attribution. Drug Database is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a partner of HPRA (Ireland). This is an informational data service and not a medical device — verify against the official source of record before any clinical decision.

For developers

The same record over the API, and the raw payload
GET /v1/drugs/80aee953-e197-41d2-af06-8ac1d5dac0c9
GET /v1/drugs/80aee953-e197-41d2-af06-8ac1d5dac0c9?format=fhir

Every response carries last_synced_at, so freshness is a field rather than a promise. Below is exactly what the ingestion wrote, before any presentation — the same JSON the API returns under payload.

{
  "form": "Chewable tablet",
  "routes": [
    "Oral use"
  ],
  "source": "hpra",
  "atc_all": [
    "A12AA",
    "A12AA04"
  ],
  "strength": null,
  "pa_number": "PPA0465/156/001",
  "substances": [
    "Calcium"
  ],
  "legal_basis": "Parallel importation notified in accordance with Article 76(3) of Directive 2001/83/EC",
  "market_info": "Unknown",
  "authorised_at": "02/12/2005",
  "dispensing_status": "Product not subject to medical prescription",
  "registration_status": "AU",
  "supply_legal_status": "Supply through pharmacies only",
  "interchangeable_code": null
}

See everything about calcium carbonate.

This page is the registration. A free account adds the label text as the regulator wrote it, what it costs per daily dose across the markets that publish a price, a feed of what changes in the registers, and an assistant that answers with its sources. Interaction severity is free; mechanism and management are on the Growth plan. No card, nothing to install.