Glucos Baxter Viaflo
Glucos Baxter Viaflo is a sugar (glucose) solution that provides energy and hydration, and can also be used to dilute other medicines for infusion.
Form
infuusioneste, liuos
Strength
50 mg/ml
Active Ingredient
Glucose monohydrate
Manufacturer
Baxter Oy
How to Use
Dosage
Your doctor or nurse will decide how much Glucos Baxter Viaflo you need. The dose depends on your age, weight, health condition, and why you are receiving it.
Method
This medicine is usually given slowly into a vein, often in your arm, through a plastic tube with a needle. Your doctor may choose a different way if needed.
Important
The maximum daily dose will be determined by your doctor, considering your age, weight, and condition, to prevent side effects like too much urine production or other complications.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Hypersensitivity reactions, including severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis), especially if you have a corn allergy.
COMMON
- •Changes in blood electrolyte levels, such as low sodium.
COMMON
- •Abnormally high blood sugar (hyperglycemia).
COMMON
- •Dehydration or too much fluid in your blood vessels (hypervolemia).
COMMON
- •Increased urination (polyuria).
COMMON
- •Low blood sodium (hyponatremia) and related brain issues, which can lead to permanent brain damage and death due to brain swelling.
COMMON
- •Reactions at the infusion site like irritation, redness, pain, burning sensation, or swelling.
COMMON
- •Fever.
COMMON
- •Fluid leaking into surrounding tissues (extravasation), which can cause tissue damage and scarring.
COMMON
- •Blood clot formation (thrombosis) at the infusion site, causing pain, swelling, or redness.
Important Warnings
- Do not use if the solution looks cloudy or contains particles, or if the package is damaged.
- Tell your doctor if you have diabetes or high blood sugar that is not well controlled.
- Inform your doctor if you have kidney problems or low levels of salts (like sodium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium) in your blood.
- You should not receive this if you have had a head injury in the last 24 hours, or a recent stroke, as high blood sugar can worsen these conditions.
- Tell your doctor if you have metabolic stress due to severe illness, malnutrition, or low levels of Vitamin B1 (common in chronic alcoholism).
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- Do not use this medicine if you are allergic to glucose or corn.
- Inform your doctor if you have a condition that causes high levels of a hormone called vasopressin (e.g., severe illness, pain, surgery, infection, burns, brain problems, heart, liver, or kidney disease), as this can lead to dangerously low sodium in your blood, causing headache, nausea, seizures, coma, brain swelling, and potentially death. Children, women of childbearing age, and people with brain issues (like meningitis or brain injury) are at higher risk.
- This infusion should not be given through the same needle as a blood transfusion, as it can harm red blood cells or cause them to clump.
- Use with special care in children.
- Do not use with certain hormones (like adrenaline or steroids) that can raise your blood sugar.