Mannitol Baxter Viaflo
Mannitol Baxter Viaflo is a medicine used to reduce swelling and pressure in the body and to increase urine production.
Form
infuusioneste, liuos
Strength
150 mg/ml
Active Ingredient
Mannitol
Manufacturer
Baxter Oy
How to Use
Dosage
Your doctor will decide your dose based on your age, weight, and medical condition.
Method
The medicine is usually given as an infusion directly into a vein.
Important
Your doctor will determine the maximum daily dose based on your condition.
Possible Side Effects
RARE
- •Difficulty breathing
- •Low blood pressure
- •Swelling of the face, skin, and throat
- •Hives (urticaria)
- •Rash
COMMON
- •Kidney damage, problems urinating, or changes in urine amount
- •Blood in urine
- •Heart failure
- •High blood pressure
- •Fast or irregular heartbeat (palpitations)
- •Excess fluid in lungs causing breathlessness
- •Coma, seizures, confusion, or severe tiredness
- •Swelling of ankles, fingers, or face due to fluid retention
- •Dehydration
- •Increased or decreased potassium and/or sodium levels in blood
- •Dry mouth, thirst
- •Nausea, vomiting
- •Feeling unwell
- •Increased acid in blood (metabolic acidosis)
- •Chest pain
- •Increased pressure in skull, headache, nausea, vomiting, back pain, blurred vision, or difficulty moving eyes
- •Dizziness, headache
- •Tiredness, weakness
- •Cramps
- •Blurred vision
- •Nosebleed
- •Skin tissue death
- •Swelling, pain, itching, rash, or redness at the infusion site or along the vein
- •Infusion leaking out of the vein into surrounding tissues, which can cause swelling, pain, and tissue damage.
Important Warnings
- If you are allergic to mannitol.
- If you have high salt levels in your blood (hypernatremia).
- If you are severely dehydrated.
- If your kidneys are not producing urine.
- If you have severe heart disease (heart failure) or fluid in your lungs due to heart failure.
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- If you have bleeding in your skull or have recently had a severe head injury.
- If the test dose given by your doctor or nurse is not effective enough.
- If your kidney function worsens after starting mannitol treatment.
- If your doctor has told you that you have low sodium (salt) levels in your blood (hyponatremia).
- Do not give this solution with a blood transfusion through the same needle, as it can harm red blood cells or cause them to clump.