Calcitonin Salmon: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Calcitonin Salmon is a medicine sold in the U.S. under 2 brand and generic names. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Available as
- Injectable
- Sold as
- 2 products — Calcimar and Miacalcin
- Prescription?
- Prescription only
- Generic available?
- Not in our catalog
Every calcitonin salmon product we track (2)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
| # | Drug | Rating | Type | Form | Generic? | Pharmacy pays | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 70/100 | Prescription | Injectable | No data | — | View → | |
| 2 | Not yet rated | Prescription | Injectable | No data | — | View → |
How long calcitonin salmon keeps
No calcitonin salmon label we read sets a separate limit for after opening, but they do specify how it must be stored — and the stability behind any date assumes those conditions.
What people report to the FDA about calcitonin salmon
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 1,345 reports naming calcitonin salmon, and the FDA flagged 67% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- nausea91 reports
- dyspnoea60 reports
- vomiting60 reports
- arthralgia57 reports
- dizziness57 reports
- back pain56 reports
- fall56 reports
- fatigue55 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean calcitonin salmon caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved September 25, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
Can you take calcitonin salmon with other medicines?
It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run calcitonin salmon against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What brand names is calcitonin salmon sold under?
We track 2 calcitonin salmon-containing products in the U.S.: Calcimar and Miacalcin. They are the same active ingredient; they differ in form, manufacturer, price and FDA recall record.
What forms does calcitonin salmon come in?
Across the brands we track, calcitonin salmon is currently marketed as injectable, per the FDA's National Drug Code Directory. Each form is dosed differently — follow the label for the exact product you were prescribed.
Is there a generic calcitonin salmon?
We do not currently list a generic-labelled calcitonin salmon product. That does not always mean none exists — it means none appears under a generic name in the FDA data we track. Ask your pharmacist.
Cite this page
- APA
- pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Calcitonin Salmon: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/calcitonin-salmon
- MLA
- “Calcitonin Salmon: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/calcitonin-salmon.
We summarise public FDA and NIH sources — for a clinical claim, cite the primary source we link to as well.
Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.
Read the full FDA label for calcitonin salmon on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.