Land: Sør-Afrika
Språk: engelsk
Kilde: South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA)
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ADCO-SODASOL SCHEDULING STATUS: Not scheduled PROPRIETARY NAME (and dosage form): ADCO-SODASOL (Effervescent Granules) COMPOSITION: Each 4 g contains Sodium citrate 0,613 g Sodium bicarbonate 1,716 g Citric acid anhydrous 0,702 g Tartaric acid 0,858 g PHARMACOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION: A 18.3 Medicines acting on genito-urinary system - Ion exchange preparations. PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION: ADCO-SODASOL has gastric antacid as well as urinary alkalinising properties. INDICATIONS: ADCO-SODASOL is a gastric antacid and urinary alkalinising agent. ADCO-SODASOL may be used to prevent crystalluria during treatment with sulphonamides. CONTRA-INDICATIONS: ADCO-SODASOL should not be administered to patients with severe renal disease and metabolic disturbances with alkalosis, hypocalcaemia or hypochlorhydria. ADCO-SODASOL should not be administered with urinary tract antiseptics which require an acid urine, such as methenamine mandelate and methenamine hippurate. WARNINGS: ADCO-SODASOL should be used with care in patients suffering from renal insufficiency. Alkalinising agents do not eradicate bacteriuria although they may temporarily relieve lower urinary tract symptoms. Concomitant use of ADCO-SODASOL with an antacid by patients with compromised renal function may result in the absorption of dangerously high amounts of aluminium. Patients suffering from congestive cardiac failure and hypertension should not use ADCO-SODASOL except under the advice and supervision of a doctor. DOSAGE AND DIRECTIONS FOR USE: ADULTS: One to two medicine measuresful (4 to 8 g) in half a glass of water, 2 to 3 times daily, taken on an empty stomach and followed with additional water. Drink after effervescence. CHILDREN (6 -12 years): One medicine measureful (4 g) in half a glass read_full_document