Complications

Patients May Have an Increased Risk of Potentially Life-threatening Complications^1-3

Patients With Postsurgical Hypoparathyroidism Demonstrated^1*:

*	Each patient was compared with 3 gender- and age-matched controls (± 2 years) from the general background population. Most patients were taking calcium supplements (93%) and/or active vitamin D analogs (93%).¹

^†	Patients were compared with gender- and age-matched controls (± 2 years) from the Civil Registration System using the incidence-density sampling technique. Calcium supplements and active vitamin D analogs were taken by 71% and 70% of the patients, respectively.²