OS-CAL (Calcium Carbonate) or Calcium Citrate?

Cost efficiences with OS-CAL

OS-CAL is more cost efficient than Citracal®

Each caplet of OS-CAL contains approximately 60% more elemental calcium compared with Citracal®.¹ A cost-effectiveness analysis² published in 2001 compared OS-CAL and Citracal®, and reported the following:

• The cost of Citracal® was 1.5-1.8 times higher than OS-CAL per gram of elemental calcium²
• "Providing OS-CAL to all US women aged 75 and older for 2.83 years was estimated to be cost effective, saving $100 million in hip-fracture-related costs per year; by contrast, providing Citracal® was not estimated to be cost effective"¹
• The annual cost of providing 1000 mg of OS-CAL was estimated at <$70 per person²