Calcium Cevitamate in the Treatment of Acute Rhinitis

The discovery and synthesis of vitamin C has made possible a significant advance in calcium therapy sufficient to warrant re-examination of the value of calcium therapy in otolaryngology. Vitamin C possesses the unique property of solubilizing and ionizing calcium to a degree not previously attainable by oral or intra-muscular administration. In calcium cevitamate, the calcium salt of vitamin C, there is available a more effective approach to calcium therapy than that of the previously used gluconate. A comparison of the two products showed the following: An analysis of these findings would tend to indicate the calcium cevitamate in 5 per cent solution was approximately equivalent to the neogluconate in 10 per cent solution and that the 10 per cent calcium cevitimate was approximately equivalent to the 20 per cent neogluconate. The comparative series was run only to 30 per cent calicum cevitamate because the neogluconate solutions do not exceed 20 per cent. In considering the calglucon tablet which is only 3 per cent soluble the yield of calcium ions per cc. of solution was .0014,