Sodium Lactate Ringer’s Injection

Sodium Lactate Ringer’s Injection

For veterinary use only

COMPOSITION

Each ml contains Sodium Lactate 3.1mg, Sodium chloride 6.0mg, Potassium chloride 0.3mg and Calcium Chloride Dihydrate 0.2mg.

INDICATIONS

This veterinary medicinal product is administered by intravenous administration for the treatment of dehydration and metabolic acidosis in cattle, horses, dogs and cats. It may be used to correct volume depletion (hypovolaemia) resulting from gastrointestinal disease or shock.

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE

For intravenous administration.

The administration should ideally be warmed to approximately 37℃ prior to administration. The volume and rate of administration will depend upon the clinical condition, existing deficits of the animal, maintenance needs and continuing losses. Generally aim to correct hypovolaemia by 50 % initially (ideally over 6 hours but faster if necessary) and reassess by clinical examination.

Deficits are generally in the range of 50 ml/kg (mild) to 150 ml/kg (severe). An administration rate of 15 ml/kg/hour is recommended in the absence of shock (range 5-75 ml/kg/hour).

In shock, high initial administration rates, up to 90 ml/kg/hour, are needed. High administration rates should not be continued for longer than 1 hour unless renal function and urine output are restored. The maximum administration rate should be decreased in the presence of cardiac, renal and pulmonary disease.

ADVERSE REACTIONS

Skin reactions (urticarial, eczema, skin lesions) and allergic oedema are very rarely observed. In the presence of volume overload signs (e.g. restlessness, moist lung sounds, tachycardia, tachypnoea, nasal discharge, coughing, vomiting and diarrhoea), treatment should involve administering diuretics and stopping the infusion. An excessive infusion of product may cause metabolic alkalosis due to the presence of lactate ions.

WITHDRAWAL PERIOD

Meat and offal: zero days.

Milk: zero hours.

STORAGE

Preserved in tightly containers.

VALIDITY

3 years.

Manufacture: Hebei Kexing Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Add: No.114 Changsheng Street, Luquan Development Zone, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei, China