The drug "Ringer's solution" - instruction

The drug "Ringer's solution" refers to the group of electrolytes and is a rehydrating agent. The main pharmacological purpose of this medication is to perform the function of normalizing the water and electrolyte blood composition.

The drug "Ringer's Solution," whose composition is described in detail in his instructions, contains in one liter of 8.6 g of sodium chloride, 0.33 g of calcium chloride and 0.3 g of potassium chloride. As an auxiliary substance, water intended for injection is used in it. When using a medicament to normalize the volume of blood circulating in the body, it retains its effect for thirty to forty minutes. At the end of this time, the drug leaves the extravascular spaces and is removed from the patient's body with urine.

The drug "Ringer's Solution", the instruction to which indicates the main area of its application, is prescribed as a tool that has a plasma-substituting effect. It is recommended for collapse and shock, prolonged vomiting and diarrhea, and also for frostbite - but only when there is no need to replenish the volume of red blood cells.

The drug finds its application in the following cases:

- with dehydration, having a different genesis;

- with hyponatremia;

- with hypovolemic shock (as an auxiliary therapy);

- with acidosis of metabolic type, accompanied by loss of fluid (frequent vomiting, large blood loss);

- with extensive burns;

- in case of severe course of the recovery period after surgical operations;

- for poisoning of various types.

The drug "Ringer's Solution", the instruction to which indicates its use, is given intravenously (drip). Therapeutic doses are selected by a specialist individually and depend on the patient's condition. The maximum amount of solution entered within a day should not exceed three liters. The drug can also be used externally. In this case, it is used to wash the wounds.

The drug "Ringer's Solution", the instruction to which indicates the likelihood of undesirable side effects when it is used, can lead to the development of acidosis in the case of the introduction of a large number of it. A high dose of the drug increases the likelihood of disturbance of the water-electrolyte balance in the patient's body. The manifestation of this process can become symptoms of hypovolemia or hypernatremia, hyperkalemia or hypercalcemia, as well as hyperchloremia. Long-term use of the drug should be accompanied by monitoring the daily volume of urine and the concentration of electrolytes in the blood plasma.

Medicinal product "Ringer's solution", instruction Which is indicated by the pathology in the presence of which the medication can not be prescribed, is contraindicated in patients suffering from heart failure of decompensated type, edema of the lungs or the brain, oliguria and anuria, acidosis and hypervolemia, hyperchloremia and hypercalcemia, and hypernatremia. The drug is not recommended, and with individual sensitivity to its components. Under the supervision of a specialist and with great care, the use of a medicinal product is possible in the presence of arterial hypertension, as well as in disorders of kidney or liver function.

The drug "Ringer's solution" during pregnancy is prescribed during the infusion therapy, the purpose of which is to provide plasma-substitution and detoxification treatment. The main indication for its use in pregnant women is the manifestation of early gestosis.