Australian Approved Name (AAN): Calcium hydroxide
Organic/Inorganic: Inorganic
Molecular formula: CaH2O2
Molecular weight: 74.09
Conversions (% calcium): 54.09
RDI for Calcium as per NHMRC:
Infants – 0-6 months – 210mg/day (AI)
Infants – 7-12 months – 270mg/day (AI)
Children – 1-3 years – 500mg/day
Children – 4-8 years – 700mg/day
Children – 9-11 years – 1000mg/day
Children – 12-18 years – 1300mg/day
Men – 19-70 years – 1000mg/day
Men – >70years – 1300mg/day
Women – 19-50 years – 1000mg/day
Women – >50 years – 1300mg/day
Pregnancy & Lactation – 14-18 years – 1300mg/day
Pregnancy & Lactation – 19-50 years – 1000mg/day
Warnings and Restrictions: When used as a standard active ingredient, can only be supplied as an uncompounded medicine substance packed for retail sale, and must comply with an uncompounded substance monograph of the British Pharmacopeia as in force or existing from time to time.
Allowable purpose of the ingredient: Active. Excipient. Homeopathic
TGA reference: British Pharmacopoeia