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SODIUM CHLORIDE is a brand name for Sodium Chloride. The medicine, its uses, side effects and dosage are the same regardless of brand.
Used for: Sodium chloride injection is indicated as a pharmaceutical aid and diluent for the infusion of compatible drug additives and for diluting or dissolving drugs for parenteral administration. Other indications for sodium chloride injection include flushing of IV catheters, as a priming solution in haemodialysis…
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Dosage:
The volume given and administration rate are dependent upon the additive.
Administration:
For parenteral use. The directions for use of the additive will dictate the administration route.
Unwanted reactions may be associated with the administration technique and consist of fever, infection at the injection site, local pain or reaction, venous irritation, venous thrombosis or ohlebitis spreading from the injection site, extravasation Reporting of suspected adverse reactions Reporting suspected adverse reactions after authorisation of the medicinal product is important.
It allows continued monitoring of the benefit/risk balance of the medicinal product. uk/yellowcard ).
Newborn babies, both premature and at term, may exhibit excessively high sodium levels due to immaturity if renal function. As a result, in newborn babies, both premature and at term, repeated injections of sodium chloride may only be given after determining blood serum levels.
Sodium Chloride must be used with caution in patients with hypertension, heart failure, pulmonary or peripheral oedema, impaired renal function, pre- eclampsia, hypreraldosteronism, and other diseases and treatments (eg corticosteroids) associated with sodium retention.
Hypernatremia, hyperchloremia and those contraindications related to the additive.
Not medical advice. Always read the patient information leaflet and follow your prescriber or pharmacist.
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