What is Hartman's solution and how is it applied?

The medicine is used with a decrease in blood circulation and a violation of the acid-base balance in the body. Only a doctor prescribes treatment. Injections should be carried out with the help of droppers. More often such treatment is used in hospitals, rather than at home. Hartman solution is prescribed for many diseases, accompanied by loss of fluid in the body.

Characteristics of the preparation

A solution is produced in glassware with a nominal value of 500 and 1000 milliliters. It consists of: calcium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium chloride, water, sodium lactate solution , acid (chlorine + hydrogen). Glass containers for medicine provide comfortable use, but the drug can be produced in plastic. So Hartman's solution is easier to transport and keep for storage. The price policy is ambiguous, it all depends on the manufacturer and the volume of the container. Hartman himself a solution of domestic production in a glass vial weighing four hundred grams costs around a hundred rubles. The manufacturer from Yugoslavia costs a little more. Analogues of it are offered at a price of forty rubles.

Indications for use of the drug

With many diseases and conditions threatening life, prescribe a drug such as Hartman's solution. The instruction recommends using it in such cases:

• Pronounced dehydration.
• Acidosis (weakly expressed).
• To replenish the fluid and the level of electrolytes for diarrhea, nausea, vomiting.
• Peritonitis.
• After surgery, a serious traumatic condition to make up the extracellular fluid.
• With heavy blood loss.

Action of the medicine

Hartmann's solution is an intercellular liquid substance. Its direct function is to replenish the deficiency of electrolytes and fluids in the patient's body and regulate the acid-base balance. If to compare, then Hartman's solution exceeds in times of the direct competitor - a solution of sodium chloride. The drug is responsible for reimbursement of the desired cations in the intercellular fluid. The main component of the drug is sodium lactate. Getting inside the body, this substance turns into bicarbonate. This solution is safe, it does not interfere with the work of the internal organs of man. The drug is actively used to help patients in the hospital so that the doctor can monitor the patient's condition and monitor the reaction.

Contraindications for use

The annotation to the medication states that taking during pregnancy is not possible. A doctor can prescribe the treatment when assessing the potential threat to the fetus and the benefits of applying to a woman. When lactation is also prohibited, as the active ingredient enters the breast milk and can harm the baby. Do not apply the solution for individual intolerance to the components of the drug, with cardiac and renal insufficiency, arterial hypertension. It is undesirable to use the drug if there are problems with respiratory organs and during treatment with glucocorticosteroids. It is also incompatible with some other types of medications.

Side effects

Treatment for most patients is well tolerated. Side effects occur when the dosage is incorrectly set and when administered to patients who have contraindications to the use. What can be observed in this case:

• Allergic skin rashes;
• anxiety;
• Thrombophlebitis;
• Hypervolemia.

If one of the symptoms is present during treatment, immediately seek medical help.

Hartman solution: instructions for use

The drug is prescribed only by the attending physician. Individually, they choose the dosage and method of taking the solution. The medication is used as a dropper at an average injection rate of 60 drops per minute. For 24 hours, you get 2500 ml. Based on the kilogram weight of the patient, this is a 2.5 mm solution. When the patient is in a serious situation, the injection rate is increased to 100 drops.

It is necessary to remember the important information: after a dropper with medicine a day you need to drink plenty of water and additionally two days after treatment. This is necessary to make up for the deficiency of fluid. In total, the duration of treatment is about 72 hours.

Solution storage conditions

Keep the package in a dry place, closed from children's access, at a temperature of no higher than twenty-five degrees. If the solution is in a glass container, you need to be careful when transporting and storing. If the plastic - to comply with the temperature regime. Violation of it entails a loss of medicinal properties of the drug. It is suitable not more than three years from the date of manufacture. In no case should you use a solution with expired shelf life. Before use, read the data on the label.

Similar solutions

The drug has a complex active substance - sodium lactate. Hartman's solution Analogues has such :

• "Hlosol" - a domestic preparation, is issued in a solution;
• "Quintosol" - also a medicine of Russian production in the form of a solution;
• "Mafusol" is produced in Penza also in the form of a solution;
• "Disol" - a medicine produced in Belarus;
• "Endofalk" - a German tool, is sold in the form of powder.

Hartman solution: reviews

The drug helped many in poisoning and dehydration. Those who used this solution in treatment, leave only positive feedback. Patients note that the drug improves the condition within 24 hours. They did not observe any negative effects on their bodies.