Don't Be Surprised if Velphoro Doses Change Every Few Weeks

March 2020

Velphoro (vel-FOR-oh) will be a new option for patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis who have high phosphate levels.

Many dialysis patients start with calcium carbonate (Tums, etc) to lower phosphate.

But it sometimes raises calcium levels too high.

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