Table 2.
Trends in average medication dose per day among users
|
Year |
Calcium |
Sevelamer |
Lanthanum |
All phosphate binders |
Cinacalcet |
Alfacalcidol |
Calcitriol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (mg/d) | (mg/d) | (mg/d) | (mg/d)* | (mg/d) | (mcg/d) | (mcg/d) | |
| 2001 |
1869 |
2991 |
|
2155 |
|
0.27 |
0.26 |
| 2002 |
1779 |
3477 |
|
2443 |
|
0.26 |
0.26 |
| 2003 |
1619 |
3875 |
|
2620 |
|
0.26 |
0.26 |
| 2004 |
1498 |
4030 |
|
2777 |
|
0.28 |
0.27 |
| 2005 |
1408 |
4312 |
|
2925 |
|
0.28 |
0.26 |
| 2006 |
1365 |
4364 |
|
2992 |
50 |
0.29 |
0.26 |
| 2007 |
1348 |
4331 |
1613 |
3013 |
50 |
0.31 |
0.25 |
| 2008 |
1329 |
4172 |
2433 |
3040 |
52 |
0.32 |
0.24 |
| 2009 |
1302 |
4078 |
2111 |
3166 |
55 |
0.35 |
0.24 |
| 2010 | 1265 | 4011 | 2074 | 3270 | 54 | 0.36 | 0.25 |
* All phosphate binders dose is given in mg of calcium phosphate-binding equivalent using relative phosphate-binding coefficients: 1.0 for calcium carbonate, 0.7 for sevelamer, and 2.0 for lanthanum [18].