Glucion 5 % inf. sol. i.v. 20 x 500 ml Viaflo

GLUCION 5% will be administered to you by a doctor or nurse. Your doctor will decide what dose you will receive and when it will be administered. This depends on your age, weight, condition, hydration status (your body's water content), and the reason for treatment. The dosage may also depend on other accompanying therapies.

The recommended dose for adults is 2500 to 3000 ml per day. This medicine is generally administered at an infusion rate of 4 to 6 ml per minute. To ensure you receive the correct dose, your doctor will perform regular blood and urine tests, especially during the first few hours of the infusion. This will allow your doctor to adjust your dose if necessary.

Before and during the infusion, your doctor will monitor the following:

• the amount of fluid in your body • the acidity level in your blood and urine • the amount of electrolytes in your body (especially sodium, in patients who have high levels of the hormone vasopressin, or are taking other drugs that increase the effect of vasopressin).

If you have received a larger quantity of GLUCION 5% than you should have

Infusion of too large a quantity of this medicine or administration too quickly can lead to an overdose. Signs of an overdose include:

• Excessive fluid content in the body (hyperhydration); • Decreased normal blood acidity with disturbance of the acid-base balance in the body (alkalosis); • High blood sugar (hyperglycemia); • High blood potassium (hyperkalemia); • High blood magnesium (hypermagnesemia); • High blood phosphate (hyperphosphatemia); • Low blood calcium (hypocalcemia); • Low blood magnesium (hypomagnesemia); • High blood sodium (hypernatremia).

If you experience such signs of an overdose, the person administering GLUCION 5% will slow down or stop the infusion to prevent these signs from worsening.

If you have used a larger amount of GLUCION 5%, contact your doctor, pharmacist or the Poison Control Center immediately (070/245 245).

If you forgot to apply GLUCION 5%

Do not apply twice the amount if you forgot the previous application.

If you have any further questions about the use of this medicine, ask your doctor, pharmacist or healthcare professional.

What GLUCION 5% contains

The active ingredients are: glucose monohydrate, sodium lactate 60% (pH 5.3), sodium chloride, dipotassium phosphate, potassium chloride, lactic acid, magnesium chloride hexahydrate.

The other ingredients are: water for injection, hydrochloric acid (for pH adjustment).

GLUCION 5% must NOT be used if you suffer from any of the following conditions:

• if you are allergic to the active substances or any of the other ingredients of this medicine listed in section 6.

• if you suffer from a kidney disease that prevents normal potassium excretion (potassium retention).

• if your blood contains too much potassium (hyperkalemia).

• if your blood contains too much lactate (hyperlactatemia).

• if your blood contains too much sugar (hyperglycemia).

• if you have experienced brain hemorrhages (intracranial hemorrhages).

• if your body contains too much water (hyperhydration), leading to water intoxication.

• if the balance of mineral salts is disturbed and your blood is not acidic enough (metabolic alkalosis).

• if you suffer from a liver disease that disrupts normal lactate metabolism.

• if you have poorly controlled (decompensated) diabetes or a sugar intolerance (glucose intolerance).

This is a medecine available without a prescription.. Do not use long without medical advice. Read the instructions carefully. Keep this medicine out of the reach of children. Keep the manual as it contains important information. Ask for advice from your doctor or pharmacist. Consult your doctor if adverse reactions.

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