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Potassium bicarbonate; Potassium acid tartrate
potassium 6.5mmol) effervescent tablets BPC 1968 (Actavis UK Ltd
A12BA04
Potassium bicarbonate; Potassium acid tartrate
500mg ; 300mg
Effervescent tablet
Oral
No Controlled Drug Status
Valid as a prescribable product
BNF: 09020103; GTIN: 5012617010391
POTASSIUM TABLETS EFFERVESCENT BPC 1968 Potassium Hydrogen Carbonate and Potassium Hydrogen Tartrate READ ALL OF THIS LEAFLET CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TAKING THIS MEDICINE. • Keep this leaflet. You may need it again. • If you have any further questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist. • This medicine has been prescribed for you. Do not pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their symptoms are the same as yours. INDEX 1. WHAT POTASSIUM TABLETS EFFERVESCENT BPC 1968 ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE USED FOR 2. BEFORE YOU TAKE 3. HOW TO TAKE 4. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS 5. HOW TO STORE 6. FURTHER INFORMATION 1. WHAT POTASSIUM TABLETS EFFERVESCENT BPC 1968 ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE USED FOR Potassium tablets effervescent BPC 1968 belong to a group of medicines called potassium supplements, they may be used to treat: • all cases of potassium reduction resulting from: - intensive or prolonged treatment with diuretics (water tablets e.g. furosemide or hydrochlorothiazide) - digitalis treatment (medicines for the heart such as digoxin) - corticosteroid or carbenoxolone sodium treatment - advanced liver disease - chronic kidney disease - Cushing's syndrome (this condition can cause muscle weakness, obesity and brittle bones) - diabetic ketosis (poorly controlled diabetes, patients may feel unwell, have severe stomach pains or fruity smelling breath) - renal tubular or metabolic acidosis (too much acid in the body) - a diet low in salt or potassium - conditions causing prolonged or chronic diarrhoea and vomiting. 2. BEFORE YOU TAKE DO NOT TAKE Potassium tablets effervescent BPC 1968 and TELL your doctor if you have: • HIGH levels of POTASSIUM in the blood (hyperkalaemia) • LOW levels of CHLORIDE in the blood (hypochloraemia) • severely impaired KIDNEY function with little or no urine production or high levels of waste products such as urea in the blood • untreated ADDISON’S DISEASE • acute DEHYDRATION • large areas of INJURY to BODY TISSUE such as severe burns. CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST before takin 전체 문서 읽기
OBJECT 1 POTASSIUM TABLETS EFFERVESCENT Summary of Product Characteristics Updated 15-Jan-2016 | Accord-UK Ltd 1. Name of the medicinal product POTASSIUM TABLETS EFFERVESCENT BPC 1968 2. Qualitative and quantitative composition Each tablet contains 500mg Potassium Hydrogen Carbonateand 300mg Potassium Hydrogen Tartrate equivalent to 6.5mmol of potassium (K + ) 3. Pharmaceutical form White uncoated tablets. 4. Clinical particulars 4.1 Therapeutic indications Indicated in all cases of potassium depletion resulting from intensive or prolonged diuretic therapy, an inadequate dietary potassium intake, and those receiving digitalis - here the elderly population are a special risk. A lack of cellular potassium in the diet can increase the toxic effect of digitalis. Other indications include corticosteroid therapy, use of carbenoxolone sodium, advanced hepatic cirrhosis, chronic renal disease, Cushing's syndrome, diabetic ketosis, renal tubular or metabolic acidosis, patients on a low-salt diet and in conditions requiring potassium supplementation due to prolonged or chronic diarrhoea and vomiting. 4.2 Posology and method of administration _Posology_ Tablets should be dissolved in half a tumbler of cold water before drinking. _Adults:_ Usually 4-7 tablets daily (26-45.5mmol K + ) but dosage should be adjusted to the individual requirements of the patient, based on clinical and laboratory evaluations. _Children:_ At the discretion of the physician. _Elderly:_ There are no special dosage requirements, but impairment of renal function should be taken into account. The elderly require monitoring of serum electrolytes. _Method of Administration_ To be dissolved in water for oral administration 4.3 Contraindications • Hyperkalaemia or hyperkalaemic form of familial periodic paralysis; • Hypochloraemic states; • Plasma potassium greater than 5 mmol/L; • Severe renal impairment (acute or chronic) with anuria, oliguria or azotemia; • Untreated Addison's disease; • Acute dehydration; • Extensive tissue destruction as 전체 문서 읽기