POTASSIUM CHLORIDE tablet, extended release

国家: 美国

语言: 英文

来源: NLM (National Library of Medicine)

有效成分:

POTASSIUM CHLORIDE (UNII: 660YQ98I10) (POTASSIUM CATION - UNII:295O53K152)

可用日期:

NuCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

INN（国际名称）:

POTASSIUM CHLORIDE

组成:

POTASSIUM CATION 20 meq

给药途径:

ORAL

处方类型:

PRESCRIPTION DRUG

疗效迹象:

BECAUSE OF REPORTS OF INTESTINAL AND GASTRIC ULCERATION AND BLEEDING WITH CONTROLLED RELEASE POTASSIUM CHLORIDE PREPARATIONS, THESE DRUGS SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR THOSE PATIENTS WHO CANNOT TOLERATE OR REFUSE TO TAKE LIQUID OR EFFERVESCENT POTASSIUM PREPARATIONS OR FOR PATIENTS IN WHOM THERE IS A PROBLEM OF COMPLIANCE WITH THESE PREPARATIONS. 1. For the treatment of patients with hypokalemia with or without metabolic alkalosis, in digitalis intoxication, and in patients with hypokalemic familial periodic paralysis. If hypokalemia is the result of diuretic therapy, consideration should be given to the use of a lower dose of diuretic, which may be sufficient without leading to hypokalemia. 2. For the prevention of hypokalemia in patients who would be at particular risk if hypokalemia were to develop, e.g. digitalized patients or patients with significant cardiac arrhythmias. The use of potassium salts in patients receiving diuretics for uncomplicated essential hypertension is often unne

產品總結:

Potassium Chloride Extended Release Tablets USP, 20 mEq are available in bottles of 30 (NDC 66267-681-30) and bottles of 60 (NDC 66267-681-60). Potassium Chloride Extended Release Tablets USP, 20 mEq are capsule shaped, white to off-white tablets, with “ABRS-123” imprinted on one side and scored on the other side for flexibility of dosing. Storage Conditions: Keep tightly closed. Store at 25°C (77°F); excursions permitted to 15° to 30°C (59° to 86°F) [See USP Controlled Room Temperature]. Contains: MICROCAPS drug delivery product Manufactured by: Adare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Vandalia, OH 45377 USA Distributed by: Actavis Pharma, Inc. Parsippany, NJ 07054 USA Revised: October 2015 MICROCAPS is a registered trademark of Adare Pharmaceuticals S.r.l., an affiliate of Adare Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

授权状态:

Abbreviated New Drug Application

产品特点

POTASSIUM CHLORIDE- POTASSIUM CHLORIDE TABLET, EXTENDED RELEASE
NUCARE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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POTASSIUM CHLORIDE - ADARE 076368
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
EXTENDED RELEASE
TABLETS USP
20 MEQ K
Revised: October 2015
RX ONLY
DESCRIPTION
The Potassium Chloride Extended Release Tablets USP, 20 mEq product is
an immediately dispersing
extended release oral dosage form of potassium chloride containing
1500 mg of microencapsulated
potassium chloride, USP equivalent to 20 mEq of potassium in a tablet.
This formulation is intended to slow the release of potassium so that
the likelihood of a high localized
concentration of potassium chloride within the gastrointestinal tract
is reduced.
Potassium Chloride Extended Release Tablets USP, 20 mEq is an
electrolyte replenisher. The chemical
name of the active ingredient is potassium chloride, and the
structural formula is KCl. Potassium
chloride, USP occurs as a white, granular powder or as colorless
crystals. It is odorless and has a
saline taste. Its solutions are neutral to litmus. It is freely
soluble in water and insoluble in alcohol.
Potassium Chloride Extended Release Tablets USP, 20 mEq is a tablet
formulation (not enteric coated
or wax matrix) containing individually microencapsulated potassium
chloride crystals which disperse
upon tablet disintegration. In simulated gastric fluid at 37°C and in
the absence of outside agitation,
Potassium Chloride Extended Release Tablets USP, 20 mEq begin
disintegrating into
microencapsulated crystals within seconds and completely disintegrates
within 1 minute. The
microencapsulated crystals are formulated to provide an extended
release of potassium chloride.
INACTIVE INGREDIENTS: Colloidal silicon dioxide, crospovidone, diethyl
phthalate, ethyl cellulose,
microcrystalline cellulose.
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
The potassium ion is the principal intracellular cation of most body
tissues. Potassium ions participate
in a number of essential physiological processes including the
maintenance of intracellular tonicity; the
transmission of nerv