Lanthanum carbonate is a phosphate binder commonly used in clinical practice. It is marketed under the trade name Fosrenol by Shire Pharmaceuticals. It is the largest of all pills filled in community pharmacies. Sometimes patients forget that Fosrenol is not swallowed whole, but instead should be chewed. This has led to severe choking. It is prescribed for t...
Used to reduce serum phosphate in patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD).
Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Kidney Transplantation, Łódź, Poland
University Hospital Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Center for Translational Metabolism and Health (CTMH), Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
NorthShore University Health System, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Denver Nephrology Research, Denver, Colorado, United States
Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Osaka University Hospital, Suita, Osaka, Japan
Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO, Aurora, Colorado, United States
Saint Mary's hospital-Lotung, Taipei, Taiwan
Szegedi Tudomanyegyetem Altalanos Orvostudomanyi Kar, Szeged, Hungary
Fakultni nemocnice Ostrava, Ostrava, Czechia
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States
Showa University, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
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