<p>Alfacalcidol is indicated in:</p>

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	<li>It is used to increase the amount of vitamin D in your body. This often increases calcium levels as well which can help in treatment of certain illnesses.</li>
	<li>In general this drug is used to treat diseases where the amount of calcium and phosphate (which is controlled by the level of vitamin D) in your body needs changing.</li>
	<li>Benefits of being on this drug can include control of the levels of calcium and phosphate in your body.</li>
	<li>Treat and prevent bone conditions that are caused by kidney failure (osteodystrophy)</li>
	<li>Treat illnesses and abnormalities affecting the parathyroid glands which make a substance called the parathyroid hormone.</li>
	<li>Correct low levels of calcium in the blood of newborn babies (hypocalcaemia)</li>
	<li>Treat the softening and deformity of the bones due to lack of calcium (rickets or osteomalacia)</li>
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