| abstract |
An effervescent pharmaceutical composition is described comprising vitamin D combined with a calcium salt, useful in the treatment of nutritional deficiencies of calcium and vitamin D in the elderly, for example in treatment of the pathological forms that involve loss of bone mass in the elderly, such as osteoporosis, and in the prevention of diseases linked to the metabolism of calcium in the elderly, such as fractures of the proximal femur and other non-vertebral fractures. |