Sodium Citrate and Citric Acid Sodium Citrate and Potassium citrate

Indications & Dose:

Alkalinizing agent; useful where longterm maintenance of an alkaline urine is desirable; alleviation of chronic metabolic acidosis (i.e., chronic renal insufficiency or - the syndrome of renal tubular acidosis); buffers and neutralizes gastric acid. Mild diuresis.

• BY MOUTH :

2-4 tsf four times daily

Contraindications:

Sodium restricted diets; severe renal impairment

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Precautions:

Low urinary output; patients with cardiac failure, hypertension, impaired, renal function, peripheral and pulmonary edema, and toxemia of pregnancy

Interaction:

Drugs
No significant.

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