MEDICAL OXYGEN

Țară: Irlanda

Limbă: engleză

Sursă: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)

Ingredient activ:

OXYGEN

Disponibil de la:

Industrial Pressure Testing Ltd

Codul ATC:

V03AN01

INN (nume internaţional):

OXYGEN

Dozare:

100 %v/v

Forma farmaceutică:

Inhalation Gas

Calea de administrare:

Via inhalation

Unități în pachet:

Compressed gas supplied under pressure in a cylinder

Tip de prescriptie medicala:

Product subject to prescription which may not be renewed (A)

Produs de:

Industrial Pressure Testing Ltd

Zonă Terapeutică:

oxygen

Indicații terapeutice:

It is used in the treatment of: acute severe asthma, pulmonary thrombo-embolism, pneumonia and fibrosing alveolitis, carbon monoxide poisoning, pulmonary oedema and as a diluent or carrier gas in anaesthesia.

Statutul autorizaţiei:

Marketed

Data de autorizare:

2015-05-29

Prospect

MEDICAL OXYGEN - PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER
Read all of this leaflet carefully before you start using this
medicine because it contains important information for you. Keep this
leaflet. You may
need to read it again. If you have any further questions, ask your
doctor or pharmacist. This medicine has been prescribed for you only.
Do not
pass it on to others. It may harm them, even if their symptoms are the
same as yours. If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or
pharmacist.
This includes any possible side effects not listed in this leaflet.
See section 4.
WHAT IS IN THIS LEAFLET:
1.
What Medical Oxygen is and what it is used for
2.
What you need to know before you use Medical Oxygen
3.
How to use Medical Oxygen
4.
Possible side effects
5.
How to store Medical Oxygen
6.
Contents of the pack and other information
1. WHAT MEDICAL OXYGEN IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR
Medical Oxygen is a breathed in (inhalation) gas. It is colourless,
odourless and tasteless. It is supplied under pressure in a cylinder
with a
valve to control the outflow of gas. A variety of cylinder sizes are
available.
WHAT MEDICAL OXYGEN IS USED FOR
Medical oxygen is used to increase levels of oxygen in the body’s
tissues. It may be used in the following circumstances:
•
at high concentrations when there is a reduced amount of oxygen being
taken into the body through the lungs due to acute or severe
asthma or lung disease such as pulmonary thrombo-embolism (a blockage
of one of the arteries in the lung) , pneumonia, fibrosing
alveolitis (inflammation and scarring of the air sacs of the lungs and
pulmonary oedema (a disease affecting the heart)
•
in low concentrations when there are breathing difficulties due to
conditions such as in chronic obstructive airways disease
(COAD/COPD) (a collection of lung diseases caused by damage to the
lungs)
•
in the treatment of acute and severe asthma, sleep apnoea (a sleep
disorder in which a person has irregular breathing at night and is
excessively sleepy during the day), cluster he

Caracteristicilor produsului

SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Medical Oxygen
2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
Oxygen Ph Eur 100%.
Consists solely of compressed oxygen.
There are no other ingredients.
3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Medicinal gas, compressed.
A colourless, odourless and tasteless gas supplied as a compressed gas
under pressure in cylinders.
4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
At high concentrations in the treatment of acute severe asthma,
pulmonary thrombo-embolism, pneumonia and
fibrosing alveolitis.
At low concentrations in the treatment of ventilatory failure due to
chronic obstructive airways disease and other
causes.
For the treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning.
To reduce the volume of air trapped in body cavities, as for example,
in patients with pneumothorax, air
embolism and decompression sickness. Inhalation of air containing a
high concentration of oxygen (and hence
low concentration of nitrogen) enhances removal of trapped oxygen.
Pulmonary oedema.
As a diluent or carrier gas in anaesthesia.
Other indications include cystic fibrosis, shock, severe anaemia,
sleep apnoea, cluster headaches and anaerobic
infections.
4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
High concentration oxygen therapy, with concentrations up to 60% for
short periods is safe for conditions like acute
severe asthma, pulmonary thrombo-embolism, pneumonia and fibrosing
alveolitis. Low concentration (controlled)
oxygen therapy should be used in patients with ventilatory failure due
to chronic obstructive airways disease and other
causes. The concentration should not exceed 28%.
Oxygen may be administered at concentrations of up to and including
100% although with most delivery systems
inspired concentrations over 60% (80% in children) are unlikely to be
achieved. In practice 24% is usually taken as the
lower limit, with allowance for a safety margin. The dosage is adapted
to the patient on the basis of the clinical course
of the illness and generally ranges from 1 to 10 litres of gas per
minute.
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