Glucose-Na-K Baxter
Glucose-Na-K Baxter 50 mg/ml infusion is used to provide fluids, minerals, and carbohydrates (sugar) when a person cannot eat and drink normally.
Form
infuusioneste, liuos
Strength
50 mg/ml
Active Ingredient
Sodium chloride
Manufacturer
Baxter Oy
How to Use
Dosage
Your doctor or nurse will decide the right amount for you, based on your age, weight, and health.
Method
This medicine is given as an infusion into a vein, usually in your arm, using a plastic tube and a needle.
Important
Your doctor will decide the maximum daily dose for you.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Too much water and salt in your body, causing swelling.
- •High blood sugar levels.
- •Tingling or numbness in arms and legs.
- •Muscle weakness.
- •Inability to move (paralysis).
- •Irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia).
- •Confusion.
- •Loss of reflexes.
- •Trouble breathing or slow breathing.
- •Nausea (feeling sick).
- •Vomiting (throwing up).
- •Redness of skin.
- •Thirst.
- •Low blood pressure.
- •Drowsiness.
- •Too much acid in your blood (acidosis), causing tiredness, confusion, sleepiness, and faster breathing.
- •Mood changes.
- •Tiredness.
- •Difficulty breathing.
- •Stiff muscles.
- •Muscle twitching.
- •Muscle cramps.
- •High magnesium levels in your blood.
- •Fever.
- •Infection at the injection site.
- •Pain or reaction (redness or swelling) at the injection site.
- •Irritation or inflammation of the vein where the medicine is given (phlebitis), causing redness, pain, warmth, and swelling.
- •Blood clot in the vein (venous thrombosis), which can cause pain, swelling, or redness.
- •Leakage of infusion fluid into the surrounding tissue (extravasation).
- •Too much fluid in your body (hypervolemia).
- •Imbalance of salts in your blood (electrolyte disorders).
- •Seizures.
- •Low sodium levels in your blood (hyponatremia).
- •Swelling of the brain, which can cause brain damage (hyponatremic encephalopathy).
RARE
- •Very slow heartbeat (bradycardia).
- •Cardiac arrest (your heart stops beating; a life-threatening situation).
- •Coma (unconsciousness).
- •Swelling of the face, lips, or throat.
- •Difficulty breathing.
- •Skin rash.
- •Redness of the skin.
- •Severe allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, especially if you have a corn allergy.
Important Warnings
- Do not take this medicine if you have high potassium levels in your blood (hyperkalemia).
- Do not take this medicine if you have severe kidney problems, where you produce very little or no urine.
- Do not take this medicine if you have untreated or severe heart or lung failure.
- Do not take this medicine if you have uncontrolled diabetes with high blood sugar levels.
- Do not take this medicine if your body cannot properly handle sugar (glucose intolerance).
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- Do not take this medicine if you have a serious type of coma linked to untreated diabetes.
- Do not take this medicine if you have high blood sugar (hyperglycemia).
- Do not take this medicine if you have high lactic acid levels in your blood (hyperlactatemia).
- Do not take this medicine if you are allergic to any of its ingredients.
- Tell your doctor if you have a corn allergy, as this medicine contains sugar from corn.
- Tell your doctor if you have heart failure, serious heart rhythm problems, or other heart disease.
- Tell your doctor if you have lung disease (respiratory failure).
- Tell your doctor if you have kidney failure or reduced kidney function.
- Tell your doctor if you have too much fluid in your body or fluid buildup in your lungs or under your skin, especially around your ankles.
- Tell your doctor if you have high blood pressure.
- Tell your doctor if you have high blood pressure during pregnancy (pre-eclampsia or eclampsia).
- Tell your doctor if you have a condition that causes high levels of the hormone aldosterone in your blood.
- Tell your doctor if you have any condition where your body holds onto too much sodium, like when taking steroids.
- Tell your doctor if you have any condition that can cause high potassium levels in your blood, such as kidney failure, adrenal gland disease, rapid fluid loss (from vomiting or diarrhea), or severe burns.
- Tell your doctor if you have low calcium levels in your blood.
- Tell your doctor if you have a condition causing progressive muscle weakness (myasthenia gravis).
- Tell your doctor if you had recent surgery where you received muscle relaxants from an anesthetist.
- Tell your doctor if you have a blood pH imbalance.
- Do not take this medicine if you had a head injury within the last 24 hours.
- Tell your doctor if you have high pressure inside your skull.
- Tell your doctor if you have had a stroke caused by a blood clot in the brain (ischemic stroke).
- Tell your doctor if you have malnutrition, if you have been fasting or eating very poorly for some time.
- Tell your doctor if you have diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance.
- Tell your doctor if you have problems with fluid levels in your brain (e.g., due to meningitis, bleeding in the skull, or brain injury).
- Tell your doctor if you have a condition that causes too much vasopressin (a hormone that controls body fluid), such as severe illness, recent surgery, brain disease, or taking certain medicines. This can increase the risk of low sodium in your blood and lead to headaches, nausea, seizures, tiredness, coma, and brain swelling.