HYDRITE Oral Rehydration Salts Granule for Solution 1's Apple
Indications/Uses
This medicine replaces fluid and electrolytes (body salts) lost due to diarrhea and/or vomiting.
Dosage/Direction for Use
Do not use sports drink or foods with a lot of sugar.
Continue usual feeding, as tolerated. Continue breastfeeding.
To Treat Dehydration (Treatment Plan B): To Replace Mild to Moderate Fluid Loss): Direction: Dissolve contents of one sachet in every glass (200 mL) of drinking water. (See Table 3.)
Continue breastfeeding even during the initial rehydration period.
After 4 hours, reassess the patient using the assessment chart and select the appropriate Treatment Plan.
If there are no signs of dehydration, shift to Treatment Plan A.
If signs indicating some dehydration are still present, repeat Treatment Plan B and continue to reassess the patient frequently.
If signs of severe dehydration have appeared, bring the patient to the hospital immediately for urgent intravenous rehydration. For this to happen is unusual, however, occurring only in children who drinks ORS solution poorly and pass large watery stools frequently during the rehydration period.
When rehydration is complete, skin pinch is normal, thirst subsides, urine is passed, and the patient is no longer irritable.
Continue usual feeding, as tolerated, after the initial 4-hour rehydration period.
Give Zinc supplements. (For Both Treatment Plans A and B): See Table 4.
If the patient has taken more than the recommended dosage, consult the doctor.
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Contraindications
Warnings
Special Precautions
Oral rehydration salts may be used in severe dehydration only if intravenous fluid is not available.
This reduced osmolarity ORS granules in sachet should be made into solution immediately before use. If not refrigerated, discard any remaining solution 4 hours after reconstitution. If refrigerated, the reconstituted solution can be kept for 24 hours after which it should no longer be used.
Use only cool clean drinking water to reconstitute this product. The reconstituted solution should never be boiled.
This product gives a cloudy solution when reconstituted. Shake or stir well before feeding.
Do not use more than the recommended dose unless recommended by a doctor.
When to consult the doctor: If any undesirable effect occurs or dehydration worsens.
Consult a doctor if the patient: Passes many stools; Is very thirsty; Has sunken eyes; Seems not to be getting better after 3 days; Has fever; Does not eat or drink normally; Is having difficulty in breathing or is breathing fast; Has trouble or pain in swallowing food, vomiting with blood or has bloody or black stools.
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- Oral Rehydration Salts