Drug class

Vitamin D

The vitamin D therapeutic drug class comprises fat-soluble secosteroid compounds and analogs, most notably ergocalciferol and cholecalciferol, that function as essential hormonal precursors in mineral homeostasis. Read more about Vitamin D

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Drugs in Vitamin D

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CALCITRIOL

VITAMIN D · HYPOPARATHYROIDISM ·+5
BIONPHARMA INC.

CALCITRIOL

VITAMIN D · HYPOPARATHYROIDISM ·+5
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA

PARICALCITOL

VITAMIN D · HYPERPARATHYROIDISM SECONDARY TO CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
MYLAN INSTITUTI

PARICALCITOL

VITAMIN D · HYPERPARATHYROIDISM SECONDARY TO CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA
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About Vitamin D.

The vitamin D therapeutic drug class comprises fat-soluble secosteroid compounds and analogs, most notably ergocalciferol and cholecalciferol, that function as essential hormonal precursors in mineral homeostasis.

Agents in this class undergo sequential hepatic and renal hydroxylation into biologically active forms that bind intracellular vitamin D receptors, enhancing intestinal absorption and renal reabsorption of calcium and phosphate while regulating bone remodeling.

Clinically, these agents are primarily indicated for the prevention and treatment of nutritional rickets, osteomalacia, osteoporosis, hypocalcemia associated with hypoparathyroidism, and metabolic bone disease secondary to chronic kidney disease.