Sodium chloride solution 0.9% – 250 ml

Structure

1 ml of the drug contains:

sodium chloride – 9 mg

Description

The liquid is colorless, transparent.

Pharmacological properties

Sodium chloride is involved in water-salt metabolism, maintains and regulates osmotic pressure, has a detoxification, rehydration effect, replenishes sodium deficiency in various pathological conditions of the body, temporarily increases the volume of fluid circulating through the vessels.

Sodium ions penetrate the cell membrane through various transport mechanisms, in particular the sodium-potassium pump (Na-K-ATPase). Sodium contributes to the transmission of signals in neurons, electrophysiological processes of the heart, metabolic processes in the kidneys. It is excreted from the body after renal reabsorption in the urine, a small amount in the feces and sweat.

Indications

Treatment of animals with significant losses of organic fluid (dehydration) – intoxication, diarrhea, burn disease, toxic dyspepsia, decreased blood pressure, shock, after surgery.

For washing wounds, mouth, nose, mucous membranes of the eyes, as a solvent for veterinary and biological products.

Method of administration and dosage

Before use, the drug is heated to the body temperature of the animal and injected intravenously, intramuscularly or subcutaneously in the following doses per animal:

• cattle – 500-3000 ml;
• horses – 300-2500 ml;
• sheep, goats – 100-500 ml;
• pigs – 10-150 ml;
• dogs – 20-100 ml.

Caveats

When administered subcutaneously at the injection site, edema may occur, which disappears after 2-3 hours.

Contraindications

Do not prescribe intravenous injections of the drug in maximum doses to animals with circulatory circulatory disorders, with a threat of pulmonary and / or cerebral edema.

Storage conditions

In a dark place at a temperature from +2 to +25 ° С.

Shelf life

3 years.