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Sodium Carbonate

  • Prescription medicine
  • Prescription only
  • Identity checked
  • Sources last checked 2026-09-04

This page shows what was measured, who it was measured in, and what that does not settle.

What Sodium Carbonate does in the body

Post nasal drip or headache due to sun exposure*

Why people take it. Post nasal drip or headache due to sun exposure*

What happened in people

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

A fixed RNAWiki sentence

Where this came from

Wording RNAWiki always uses, not a finding about this substance.

No reviewed claim names a result for any goal on this record.

No source is stored against this line.

The limit that matters most

Not recorded.

Where it acts
Not recorded.
Kind of result
No result is published, so no kind of result applies yet
Supervision
RNAWiki has not recorded a supervision or regulatory status for this substance.

What the registries record it as

  • The substance registry classes this as chemical.

    FDA substance registry · 45P3261C7T · read 2026-08-29

  • The supplement label database classes it as mineral, under the name Calcium.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 27 · read 2026-08-29

Where each sentence above came from

The use the label states, quoted from it. No plain-language version of this sentence has been written.

The use the label states, quoted from it. It is written for a clinician, not for a reader without medical training.

No statement of the main limit is recorded.

The four opening statements run to 31 words.

Words this page uses

Four words worth knowing first

Chosen from what this page shows, with each one explained before the word it depends on.

Stand-in result

A stand-in result is a number measured because the real result takes too long.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

It is like judging a journey by the speedometer rather than by arriving.

Where that stops being true. Speed does predict arrival. Many stand-in results do not predict the real one.

What people get wrong. A stand-in result is often reported as the result itself.

A surrogate endpoint substituted for a clinical endpoint, valid only where the substitution has been shown to hold.

Enzyme

An enzyme is a protein that speeds up one chemical change.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

An enzyme is like a machine on a production line doing one cut.

Where that stops being true. A machine is switched on and off by a person. Enzymes are controlled by the cell.

What people get wrong. Enzymes are thought to be used up. They are not; they work again and again.

A catalytic protein that lowers the activation energy of a specific reaction.

Receptor

A receptor is a part of a cell that a signal fits into.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A receptor is like a lock waiting for one key.

Where that stops being true. A lock either opens or does not. A receptor can be half-triggered, or worn out.

What people get wrong. Fitting a receptor is read as causing a benefit. It causes a step, and nothing more.

A protein that binds a specific ligand and converts that binding into a cellular response.

Pathway

A pathway is a chain of steps inside a cell, each one setting off the next.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A pathway is like a row of dominoes.

Where that stops being true. Dominoes fall one way. Pathways loop back and can switch themselves off.

What people get wrong. Changing one step is read as changing the outcome. Other steps often absorb it.

An ordered series of molecular interactions producing a defined cellular change.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What was measured, goal by goal

One row for each goal a registered study measured something for. One column for each kind of thing that could be measured.

Registered studies list 40 outcome measures that RNAWiki could read. A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. 0 of the matched studies tested this substance, and 0 posted a result.

There is no single score. A strong test result and a weak life result are different facts.

Goals down the side, kinds of measurement across the top. Each cell says what kind of thing was registered, not what was found.
GoalLife outcomeWhat a body can doHow a person feelsA test resultA step in the bodyHarmsHow longWho was studied
StrengthNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Waiting for a reviewer1 registered performance measure of this kind.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a symptom measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a test result for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
Body weightNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a performance measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a symptom measure for this goal.Only a number moved1 registered test measure.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
Blood sugarNothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a performance measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a symptom measure for this goal.Only a number moved1 registered test measure.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
Which registered measures put each goal on this table
Strength
improvement in muscle strength
Body weight
body weight
Blood sugar
glucose metabolism

Sorted by fixed word lists, version v1. A name the rules do not recognise stays unsorted rather than moving to the nearest column.

What each mark on this table means
Nothing in the sources checked
No registered study lists a life outcome for this goal.
Waiting for a reviewer
1 registered performance measure of this kind.
Not recorded
Harms were not a registered measure for this goal.
Only a number moved
1 registered test measure.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What happened in people

Each card is one study: the exact question it asked, who was in it, and whether it showed what it set out to show.

Spontaneous vs operative birth

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05719467
How many people
3000
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Irrigation

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Value of Nutri-Score

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05429528
How many people
2490
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Irrigation

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Short-term survival

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT01377337
How many people
2130
Study design
Phase 4
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
Living longer, or avoiding a major event
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Irrigation

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Difference in incidence of assisted delivery

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT07321379
How many people
1520
Study design
Not applicable
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Irrigation

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Number of Participants Developing a Serum Anti-rotavirus Immunoglobulin (Ig) A Titer of 20 or Greater in the WC3 IgA Assay

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT01266850
How many people
1384
Study design
Phase 4
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Irrigation

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Number of Participants With Return of Spontaneous Circulation

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05564130
How many people
778
Study design
Phase 4
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Irrigation

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
What we know
RNAWiki holds 6 written-up human studies for this substance, each with the question it asked.
How we know it
Each card names the study, the number of people and what the study set out to measure.
What this does not prove
These summaries were written by a person and have not been signed off as reviewed claims.
Why it matters
A study that failed is as informative as one that worked, and both are here.
What we still do not know
No reviewed claim exists, so no exact population, effect size or interval is published yet.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How close this is to real life

The top step is something a person would feel or care about. The bottom is a guess from software. Filled steps are where evidence exists for this substance.

  1. Living longer, or avoiding a major event Evidence recorded. Death, a heart attack, a stroke, a hospital stay.1 registered measure of this kind. 1 written-up study measured this and did not show a benefit.
  2. What a body can do day to day Evidence recorded. Walking, dressing, breathing, recovering.1 registered measure of this kind.
  3. Measured performance Evidence recorded. How much was lifted, how far was run, how fast.1 registered measure of this kind.
  4. Symptoms and quality of life No evidence recorded. Pain, tiredness, mood, sleep, as the person rated it.No registered study measures this.
  5. A number that stands in for health Evidence recorded. Cholesterol, blood sugar, bone density. A stand-in, not the thing itself.15 registered measures of this kind.
  6. A step measured inside a person Evidence recorded. Something measured in human tissue or human cells.A human record sits on the stored organism ladder.
  7. Animals Evidence recorded. Mice, rats, dogs. Useful for ideas, not proof about people.Stored records in C. elegans (roundworm), Drosophila (fruit fly), Mouse, Rat, Dog. A result in animals says what to test next. It does not say what happens in people.
  8. Cells in a dish Evidence recorded. Cells or chemistry on a bench, far from a whole body.Stored mechanism abstracts describe steps measured in cells or tissue.
  9. A guess from software No evidence recorded. Nobody measured it. RNAWiki never publishes one as a finding.RNAWiki stores no prediction for this record. Software can suggest a link. RNAWiki does not publish one as a finding.

Higher on these steps means closer to something a person would feel. It does not mean better done.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Felt, measured, or meaningful

Three different things that get called the same word. Registered studies measured all three, and mixing them is how a blood test becomes a health claim.

Felt

Things a person could notice without a test.

No registered study measured anything of this kind.

Measured

Things only a test, a scale or a device shows.

  • bone mineral density by test at 1 and 2 years
  • bone mineral density under treatment an anabolic agent
  • lumbar spine bone mineral density at 12 months
  • bone mineral density
  • bone mineral density t from baseline to 12 months
  • blood lead concentration plasma lead concentration
  • serum age levels
  • ambulatory blood pressure
  • lumbar spine bone mineral density at month 24
  • improvement in muscle strength

and 6 more.

Meaningful

Things that change how a life goes, not only a number.

  • cardiovascular event free survival time

A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. A number moving is not the same as a life going better. The two are shown apart here.

Felt, but not shown to help. A person notices a change. No study showed it leads anywhere good.

Measured, but not felt. A number moves. The person notices nothing. Both can be true.

Measured, but not shown to matter. A number moves in the good direction. Nobody showed that lives went better.

Matters, but takes years. The result that counts may take longer than anyone would keep watching.

Names that fit none of the three (23)
  • mammographic density at 1 year on exemestane
  • lumbar spine bmd at 24 months
  • lumbar spine bmd at 36 months
  • lumbar spine bmd at 60 months
  • lumbar spine bmd at 120 months
  • colorectal adenomas
  • base study + first extension rate of adverse events
  • second extension number of who experienced an adverse event
  • bone formation rate
  • that experienced an adverse event
  • that discontinued study drug due to an ae
  • that discontinued study treatment due to an ae
  • kidney stones
  • bone neoplasms
  • postoperative parathyroid hormone level
  • predefined tier 1 adverse events
  • all type cancer
  • who experienced an adverse event
  • who discontinued treatment due to an ae
  • improvement in s skin appearance senile purpura

These are harms, study-process measures, or names the rules did not recognise. They are shown rather than dropped.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Were people like you studied?

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it, and where the result stops carrying.

Who was studied

People similar to this profile were included.

  • Temporarily relieves occasional headaches, digestive discomfort, elevated body temperature, runny nose, sore throat, muscle aches and discomfort due to skin issues. Label footnote: Claims based on traditional homeopathic practice, not accepted medical evidence. Not FDA evaluated. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Who is missing from the studies

  • Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

Where the result stopped carrying

  • This is a scope explorer, not a diagnosis engine.
  • It shows who was studied so you can see whether people similar to you were included.

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Why it might seem to do nothing

A real effect and a noticed effect are different things. These are the recorded reasons the two come apart.

It was studied for a different goal

The studies measured something else entirely.

On this record: Some registered studies measured things that match no goal on this page.

It was studied in different people

The people in the studies were not much like the reader.

On this record: Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

The evidence may simply be wrong

Small early studies often do not hold up.

On this record: RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Other reasons RNAWiki checked and found nothing for (10)
A different form was studied
The studied form is not the form on the shelf. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
There was nothing to correct
Where a level is already normal, topping it up may change nothing. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else had to happen too
In the studies it was paired with training, a diet or another treatment. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The change is too small to feel
A real change can still sit below what a person notices. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Day-to-day swing hides it
Sleep, food, stress and time of day move most numbers more than this would. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Not enough time yet
The studies ran longer than the person has waited. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
It was not taken as studied
Missed days change the result, and studies count them. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else changed at the same time
Two changes at once cannot be told apart afterwards. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The product may not be what it says
Contents of a sold product are not always what the label states. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
No recorded reason
RNAWiki has nothing stored that would explain it. Nothing in this record points to this reason.

None of these is a reason to take more. Taking more is not a step this page ever suggests.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What taking it involves

The recorded facts about getting hold of it and using it. Nothing here is a suggestion about what you should do.

How it is supplied

Prescription only

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

Read from the recorded approval status.

No source is stored against this line.

Form and route

Irrigation

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form and route recorded on this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

Who oversees it

RNAWiki has not recorded a supervision or regulatory status for this substance.

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

No register row and no identity class settled the question.

No source is stored against this line.

What is in the pack

Sold as solution, tablet, pellet, liquid, given by the irrigation, oral, nasal route.

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

Recorded notes on how this is sold and what that means for what is in the pack.

No source is stored against this line.

Where it is registered

Regulatory records are listed in the technical disclosure at the foot of this page.

Counted from records

Where this came from

A count of rows RNAWiki holds. It describes our records, not your body.

Register entries are stored per jurisdiction and shown with their dates.

No source is stored against this line.

Why people stop

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

No record of why people stopped taking it is stored for this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

What it would be like to takeNothing found in the sources checked

What can go wrong

Sorted by where each line came from. A regulator's label and a report somebody sent in are not the same kind of fact.

Nothing found in the sources checked

No harm is recorded against this substance in the sources RNAWiki checked. Finding nothing is not the same as showing there is nothing.

The sources listed were searched and held nothing. That is not the same as nothing existing.

Reports sent to a regulator

  • These are reports people sent to a regulator. They do not show the medicine caused the reaction.
  • Nobody counted how many people took the medicine and reported nothing.
  • The same event can be reported more than once, and many reports are incomplete.
  • News coverage, lawsuits and new warnings change how often people report.
  • A count is not a rate and not a risk.

Sodium Carbonate appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 1 most-reported reaction terms, 2 reaction mentions were counted. One report can name several reactions.

The recorded terms (1)
  • areflexia — 2 reaction mentions
  • open-targets-adr · recorded 2026-06-24 · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Over a long time. No completed tested study window is recorded, so long-term effects are not established by the registry record.

Groups the studies covered thinly. Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Does the exact form matter?

Evidence belongs to the exact thing that was tested. A different salt, a different mixture or a different preparation is a different question.

The form that was studied

Irrigation

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form used in the studies cited on this page.

No source is stored against this line.

What is sold

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

Nothing further is recorded about which forms are sold.

No source is stored against this line.

What is recorded as being sold

  • 983 published labels name it as an active ingredient. 544 of them describe this substance alone, which is where its own label text on this page comes from.

    US prescribing information · 899f057a-914d-49ca-a9fd-9fc48149782a · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels are classed as human otc drug and human prescription drug.

    US prescribing information · 899f057a-914d-49ca-a9fd-9fc48149782a · read 2026-08-29

Evidence carries across two names for one substance. It does not carry across a salt, a mirror form or a mixture.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What you could measure

This one is decided with a clinician, so this section holds questions to ask rather than a plan to run.

RNAWiki could not confidently classify this substance, so no self-experiment plan is offered.

Questions worth asking

  • Which of the trials of Sodium Carbonate studied people like me?
  • What was measured, and for how long?
  • Was the result a laboratory value or a health outcome?
  • What would we watch for, and when would we stop?

Tracking can show whether something changed for you. It cannot show what caused it.

RNAWiki records evidence. It does not say whether this substance is right for you.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What nobody knows yet

Open questions, each with why it is open and what would close it.

How fast does the body clear it?

The sources RNAWiki checked hold nothing for this field.

Why it matters. Without this, nothing on this page can say how long anything lasts.

What would answer it

A stored source that records it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing populations

Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing long-term data

No completed tested study window is recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

No reviewed conclusion

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing interaction studies

No interaction was found in the registers checked. Not finding one is not the same as showing there is none.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Formulation uncertainty

Several salts, forms or products of Sodium Carbonate are recorded. Results from one form may not transfer to another.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Mechanism not reviewed

No reviewed mechanism story exists for this substance.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Check any of this yourself

Every line above traced back to the study it came from. This is the technical layer, and the vocabulary changes here.

Where else this substance is registered

FDA substance identifier (UNII)
45P3261C7T

Checks this page had to pass

  • Passed

    Identity resolved

    no open identity hold

  • Passed

    No unresolved merge across substance families

    no quarantine open

  • Passed

    Every public sentence names a source

    The opening statement carries the origin: Quoted from a stored source.

  • Not passed

    Trial roles classified for highlighted evidence

    No registered study is classified as testing this substance.

  • Passed

    No internal keys in reader text

    enforced by the copy-contract test over the rendered page

  • Not passed

    Safety mode resolved

    No register row and no identity class settled the question.

  • Passed

    Canonical metadata present

    slug and display name present

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How this medicine reached us

Kept near the foot of the page. A historical event moves up only when it changes something about this substance today.

What the approval register records

  • 2 approved applications cover products containing this substance. The earliest was NDA018519, approved 19820622 to BAXTER HLTHCARE.

    Drugs@FDA application register · NDA018519 · read 2026-09-12

  • Marketing status on the register: discontinued.

    Drugs@FDA application register · NDA018519 · read 2026-09-12

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What to learn next

Ordered by what would most change how you read this page, starting with what is easiest to misunderstand.

This order is fixed in code and does not count clicks or time on the page.

What is not here

6 questions this page could not answer

These sections were prepared and left out because there was nothing to put in them. They are listed rather than hidden, so the gaps in this record are visible.

  • The path through the body — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • How long anything takes — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • What it may clash with — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Other ways to the same goal — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Claims that go past the evidence — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • What changed on this page — found nothing in the sources checked.

The record as stored

The full record, for auditing

Everything above is built from what is below. This layer keeps the technical vocabulary, record identifiers and every stored row, so a reader who wants to check the page can.

Recorded evidence blocks (13)

What did Sodium Carbonate's largest trial (16071 people) and its longest (12 years) measure?


16071 people in Sodium Carbonate's largest registered study, 12 years in its longest registered window, measuring Rate of Biological Aging. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

37 na, 30 phase2, 23 phase3, 19 phase4, 8 phase1, 3 early phase1; NCT00153816; 2016-06. Last human test completed 2026, NCT05424263.

Interpretation These counts include studies where Sodium Carbonate was a comparison treatment, a background treatment or an exposure in an observational study, and the longest window may be a planned end date. Trial roles have not yet been classified for this record.

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  • na
    37
  • phase2
    30
  • phase3
    23
  • phase4
    19
  • phase1
    8
  • early phase1
    3
1 more recorded row
  • Last recorded human test NCT05424263
    2026-03-19

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

From C. elegans to human: where has Sodium Carbonate shown lifespan?


C. elegans: lifespan, Drosophila: lifespan, mouse: lifespan, rat: biomarker, dog: lifespan and human: mechanism-only (116): the rungs where Sodium Carbonate has a recorded finding. Europe PMC and ClinicalTrials.gov · organism ladder · 2026-09-01

Interpretation Rate of Biological Aging — the recorded outcome words.

Yeast C. elegans lifespanDrosophila lifespanMouse lifespanRat biomarkerDog lifespanNon-human primate Human mechanism-only
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  • C. elegans
    lifespan
  • Drosophila
    lifespan
  • mouse
    lifespan
  • rat
    biomarker
  • dog
    lifespan
  • human NCT05302713
    mechanism-only; Rate of Biological Aging; 116

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

7 of Sodium Carbonate's trials stopped: safety, accrual/recruitment, other?


safety (1), accrual/recruitment (4) and other (2): Sodium Carbonate's stop wording, clustered. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

"Withdrawn due to poor accrual/lack of funding"; 7 of 116 registered studies

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Trial

  • NCT00470353
    terminated; "Withdrawn due to poor accrual/lack of funding"
  • NCT00650637
    terminated; "The study was prematurely discontinued due to administrative reasons on August 18, 2003. There were no safety concerns that led to the decision to terminate."
  • NCT00837655
    withdrawn; "PI retired"
  • NCT02282384
    withdrawn; "Sites were unable to recruit participants"
  • NCT03113994
    terminated; "COVID-19 Pandemic"
  • NCT03612466
    withdrawn; "Study withdrawn before any participants could be enrolled. Issues being able to effectively recruit participants into the study."
  • 1 further recorded trial NCT05302713
    withdrawn; "No participants were enrolled"

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Human studies of Sodium Carbonate used Calcium Carbonate 1200 mg — over how long?


Human studies of Sodium Carbonate used "Calcium Carbonate 1200 mg". ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

3 recorded entries; human; also "Calcium Carbonate 500 MG", "Calcium Carbonate 500 MG Oral Tablet"

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human

  • NCT01762995
    Calcium Carbonate 1200 mg
  • NCT04479566
    Calcium Carbonate 500 MG
  • NCT05577507
    Calcium Carbonate 500 MG Oral Tablet

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Did Sodium Carbonate move Horvath, and by how much?


Horvath: "Further, there was a significant decrease in Horvath EAA and IEAA in patients with BD taking medication combinations of mood stabilizers (including lithium carbonate, sodium valproate, and carbamazepine) than in those taking no medication/monotherapy." Europe PMC · epigenetic clock search · 2025-12-25

2 recorded sentences; 2020, 2025; biomarker

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  • Horvath PMID 32366819
    2020; "Further, there was a significant decrease in Horvath EAA and IEAA in patients with BD taking medication combinations of mood stabilizers (including lithium carbonate, sodium valproate, and carbamazepine) than in those taking no medication/monotherapy."
  • epigenetic clock PMID 41594752
    2025; "The assay relies on sodium bisulfite conversion of DNA to detect methylation status at single-base resolution. <b>Results</b>: Epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) data allowed for multiple levels of analysis, including immune cell-type deconvolution, estimation of biological age (epigenetic clocks), quantification of stochastic epigenetic mutations (SEMs) as a measure of epigenomic stability,…"

recorded 2025-12-25 · last checked 2026-09-04

Could one person measure Sodium Carbonate's effect on bone mineral density by test at 1 and 2 years?


Bone mineral density by test at 1 and 2 years: measured in Sodium Carbonate's trials.

bone mineral density by test at 1 and 2 years is the recorded endpoint.

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biomarkers

  • bone mineral density by test at 1 and 2 years; 2026-09-01
  • mammographic density at 1 year on exemestane; 2026-09-01
  • bone mineral density under treatment an anabolic agent; 2026-09-01
  • lumbar spine bone mineral density at 12 months; 2026-09-01
  • lumbar spine bmd at 24 months; 2026-09-01
  • lumbar spine bmd at 36 months; 2026-09-01
14 more recorded rows
  • biomarkers
    lumbar spine bmd at 60 months; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    lumbar spine bmd at 120 months; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    colorectal adenomas; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    bone mineral density; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    bone mineral density t from baseline to 12 months; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    base study + first extension rate of adverse events; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    second extension number of who experienced an adverse event; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    blood lead concentration plasma lead concentration; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    bone formation rate; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    that experienced an adverse event; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    that discontinued study drug due to an ae; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    that discontinued study treatment due to an ae; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    kidney stones; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    bone neoplasms; 2026-09-01
  • human trials at or under30
    26
  • Not recorded for this substance
    a recorded half-life
  • smallest human trial
    0; NCT00837655; NA; the smallest recorded human enrolment at or below 30; the registry states no direction of its result; WITHDRAWN

Which of all type cancer, ambulatory blood pressure and base study + first extension rate of adverse events did Sodium Carbonate's trials measure?


all type cancer, ambulatory blood pressure and base study + first extension rate of adverse events lead 40 outcome terms across Sodium Carbonate's trials. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

lumbar spine bone mineral density at 12 months, lumbar spine bmd at 24 months, lumbar spine bmd at 36 months, lumbar spine bmd at 60 months, lumbar spine bmd at 120 months and colorectal adenomas follow.

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  • bone mineral density by test at 1 and 2 years
    1
  • mammographic density at 1 year on exemestane
    1
  • bone mineral density under treatment an anabolic agent
    1
  • lumbar spine bone mineral density at 12 months
    1
  • lumbar spine bmd at 24 months
    1
  • lumbar spine bmd at 36 months
    1
14 more recorded rows
  • lumbar spine bmd at 60 months
    1
  • lumbar spine bmd at 120 months
    1
  • colorectal adenomas
    1
  • bone mineral density
    1
  • bone mineral density t from baseline to 12 months
    1
  • base study + first extension rate of adverse events
    1
  • second extension number of who experienced an adverse event
    1
  • blood lead concentration plasma lead concentration
    1
  • bone formation rate
    1
  • that experienced an adverse event
    1
  • that discontinued study drug due to an ae
    1
  • that discontinued study treatment due to an ae
    1
  • kidney stones
    1
  • bone neoplasms
    1

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which of Sodium Carbonate's 5 ongoing trials reports first?


5 registered trials of Sodium Carbonate are open; earliest completion 2025-12. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Change in bone loss at lumbar site; Duration of induction time; latest 2028-11

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Trial

  • NCT05571514
    "Study of the Impact of Mother-of-pearl Nutritional Supplementation on the Prevention of Post-menopausal Osteoporosis"; n 200; "Change in bone loss at lumbar site"; 2028-11
  • NCT06352775
    "Calcium Carbonate on Labor Induction"; n 250; "Duration of induction time"; 2026-12-30
  • NCT06580782
    "Calcium Carbonate to Augment Labor Contractions"; n 60; "Number of Participants Consented"; 2025-12
  • NCT06660524
    "Calcium-Phosphorus Regulation Therapy on Heart Valve Disease"; n 196; "The change of valve calcification score on CT scan from baseline to 1 year of treatment."; 2025-12
  • NCT07763509
    "Calcium-Rich Food Versus Calcium Carbonate for Bone Health"; n 217; "Continuous Adherence to Assigned Calcium Intervention"; 2027-10-01

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which 56 trials of Sodium Carbonate posted no result?


Posted no result
56 of 56 completed trials
Registrations
NCT00000429, NCT00686192, NCT00004488, NCT00004489, NCT00302627 and NCT00558623, and 50 more
Completion dates
oldest 2001-05; newest 2024-05-01
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Trial

  • NCT00000429
    2001-05
  • NCT00686192
    2002-07
  • NCT00004488
    2002-09
  • NCT00004489
    2002-09
  • NCT00302627
    2002-11
  • NCT00558623
    2005-04
14 further recorded trials
  • NCT03813329
    2005-12-31
  • NCT03878667
    2005-12-31
  • NCT00630214
    2006-02
  • NCT01514851
    2006-05
  • NCT00061256
    2006-09
  • NCT00560300
    2006-11
  • NCT03286673
    2007-03
  • NCT00054418
    2008-05
  • NCT01049815
    2009-02
  • NCT01578434
    2009-04
  • NCT01755078
    2009-06
  • NCT00263185
    2009-11
  • NCT00043069
    2010-01
  • NCT00967629
    2010-02

At the median, Sodium Carbonate's trials enrolled 71.5 people — anything larger?


Median enrolment
71.5
Largest enrolment
16071
Registered trials counted
116

What do 2 spontaneous reports say about Sodium Carbonate — and not say?


These are reports people sent to a regulator. They do not show the medicine caused the reaction. Nobody counted how many people took the medicine and reported nothing. The same event can be reported more than once, and many reports are incomplete. News coverage, lawsuits and new warnings change how often people report. A count is not a rate and not a risk.

Sodium Carbonate appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 1 most-reported reaction term, 2 reaction mentions were counted: areflexia 2. open-targets-adr · CHEMBL186314 · 2026-06-24

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  • areflexia
    2

recorded 2026-06-24 · last checked 2026-09-04

Was Sodium Carbonate studied with fasting and exercise?


fasting and exercise are named in Sodium Carbonate's label sentences: "This study aimed to evaluate the bioequivalence and safety of a test formulation of risedronate sodium 35 mg tablets compared with the reference formulation in healthy Chinese participants under fasting conditions." openfda-label+europepmc · 2026-08-28

2 recorded statements; fasting, exercise

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  • fasting
    This study aimed to evaluate the bioequivalence and safety of a test formulation of risedronate sodium 35 mg tablets compared with the reference formulation in healthy Chinese participants under fasting conditions.
  • exercise
    Estimating sodium needs during exercise requires assessment of both whole-body sweat sodium concentration (WBSSC) and sweat rate. <b>Objectives:</b> This study focused on WBSSC by examining its temporal stability, reproducibility, and predictability during prolonged cycling exercise while drinking according to two hydration strategies. <b>Methods</b>: Using a randomized, crossover,…

recorded 2026-08-28 · last checked 2026-09-04

What is recorded about Sodium Carbonate and AMPK?


"Empagliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, has demonstrated pleiotropic metabolic effects extending beyond glycemic control, including modulation of AMPK signaling, attenuation of oxidative stress, and suppression of inflammatory activation." — where Sodium Carbonate and AMPK appear together. Europe PMC · pathway abstract search · 2026-07-16

AMPK, autophagy, sirtuin, mTOR; PMID 42534639, 42198416, 42130718, 42351790

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  • AMPK PMID 42534639
    "Empagliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, has demonstrated pleiotropic metabolic effects extending beyond glycemic control, including modulation of AMPK signaling, attenuation of oxidative stress, and suppression of inflammatory activation."
  • autophagy PMID 42198416
    "The H<sub>2</sub>S donor sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS) was administered, and outcomes were evaluated through Western blot analysis, S-sulfhydration assays, mitochondrial functional tests, autophagy profiling, and neurobehavioral assessments."
  • AMPK
    "This study investigates whether sodium selenite (Se) promotes mitochondrial biogenesis via the selenoprotein H (SelH)-mediated AMPK/SIRT1/PGC-1α signaling pathway to alleviate hyperglycemia-aggravated cerebral I/R injury."

sirtuin

  • "This study investigates whether sodium selenite (Se) promotes mitochondrial biogenesis via the selenoprotein H (SelH)-mediated AMPK/SIRT1/PGC-1α signaling pathway to alleviate hyperglycemia-aggravated cerebral I/R injury."
  • PMID 42130718
    "Dapagliflozin, a selective sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, has been demonstrated to possess cardioprotective effects; however, the interplay between sirtuin signaling and ferroptosis in dapagliflozin-mediated cardioprotection under doxorubicin-induced stress remains unclear."
  • AMPK PMID 42351790
    "While indirect AMPK modulation through established therapies such as metformin and sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors has demonstrated clinical benefit, the specific contribution of AMPK to these effects remains incompletely defined."
  • mTOR PMID 40106213
    "Drugs that improve mitochondrial function or enhance autophagy, such as metformin, sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors or mTOR inhibitors, may exert protective effects on podocytes and reduce proteinuria in MN or focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)."
  • autophagy PMID 40106213
    "Drugs that improve mitochondrial function or enhance autophagy, such as metformin, sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors or mTOR inhibitors, may exert protective effects on podocytes and reduce proteinuria in MN or focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)."

recorded 2026-07-16 · last checked 2026-09-04

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The exact record

ChEMBL id
CHEMBL186314
PubChem CID
10340
CAS number
497-19-8
RxCUI
36685
InChIKey
CDBYLPFSWZWCQE-UHFFFAOYSA-L
Salt form
Anhydrous sodium carbonate, Carbonic acid, disodium salt, Carbonic acid sodium salt (1:2), Dried sodium carbonate, Sodium carbonate anhydrous, Sodium salt of carbonic acid
Development code
E-500(I), INS-500(I), INS NO.500(I), NSC-156204
Also called
Natrum carbonicum, Soda ash, Solvay soda, DRIED SODIUM CARBONATE [JAN], NATRUM CARBONICUM [HPUS], SODA ASH [II]
Trade name
Bestmade Natural Products Nat Carb, Natrum Carbonicum / Bestmade Natural Products Nat Carb
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  • Europe PMC epigenetic clock search ·
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