PACKAGE LEAFLET: INFORMATION FOR THE USER Use in children 5. How to store Calcium Chloride • not recommended Intravenous Infusion Calcium Chloride 10%w/v Intravenous Infusion If you are given more Calcium Chloride Keep this medicine out of the sight and reach of Intravenous Infusion than you should be children. As this medicine will be given to you whilst you Calcium Chloride dihydrate Store below 25°C. are in hospital, it is unlikely that you will be given Warnings and precautions Do not use after expiry date has passed. The

D03994 00000 Read all of this leaflet carefully before you too little or too much. However, if you think you are given this medicine because it contains Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before being have been given too much of this medicine, doctor or nurse will check that the expiry date important information for you. given Calcium Chloride Intravenous Infusion if: please tell your doctor or nurse. on the label has not passed before you are given - Keep this leaflet. You may need to read • you have problems with your lungs or difficulty The signs of an overdose may be reduced Calcium Chloride Intravenous Infusion. The expiry it again. breathing appetite, feeling sick, being sick, constipation, date refers to the last day of that month. - If you have any further questions, ask your Your doctor may check the amount of electrolytes muscle weakness, mental disturbances, feeling Medicines should not be disposed of via doctor, pharmacist or nurse. (e.g. calcium) in your blood at regular intervals. thirsty, urinate a lot, pain in your bones or kidney wastewater or household waste. Ask your pain. In severe cases it could lead to your heart - If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor, Other medicines and Calcium Chloride pharmacist how to dispose of medicine no longer not beating properly and you could go into a pharmacist or nurse. This includes any Intravenous Infusion: required. These measures will help protect the coma. possible side effects not listed in this leaflet. Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking, environment. See section 4. have recently taken or might take any other 4. Possible side effects 6. Contents of the pack and other This medicine will be referred to as Calcium medicines Like all medicines, Calcium Chloride Intravenous information Chloride Intravenous Infusion in the rest of this Medicines that may interact with Calcium Infusion can cause side effects, although not What Calcium Chloride Intravenous Infusion leaflet Chloride Intravenous Infusion include: everybody gets them. contains What is in this leaflet • medicines used in the treatment of some Possible side effects include: The active ingredient is Calcium Chloride (1g). bone disorders (e.g. Paget’s disease) • a chalky taste in the mouth The other ingredients are: water for injections 1. What Calcium Chloride Intravenous Infusion is (bisphosphonates) such as Fosamax • hot flushes (10ml), dilute hydrochloric acid and calcium and what it is used for • medicines used to treat bacterial infections • lowered blood pressure hydroxide solution (to adjust pH). 2. What you need to know before you use (antibiotics) e.g. tetracycline • loss of appetite Calcium Chloride Intravenous Infusion What Calcium Chloride Intravenous Infusion • medicines used to reduce blood pressure and • feeling sick (nausea) 3. How Calcium Chloride Intravenous Infusion is looks like and the contents of the pack. fluid retention (thiazides) e.g. indapamide • being sick (vomiting) given The medication is supplied as a single 10ml • medicines used to treat heart problems e.g. • constipation 4. Possible side effects prefilled syringe in a plastic box. digitoxin • stomach pain 5. How to store Calcium Chloride Intravenous Marketing Authorisation Holder: • calcium channel blockers used to treat • feeling weak Infusion Aurum Pharmaceuticals Ltd problems related to the heart or blood • mental disturbances 6. Contents of the pack and other information Bampton Road vessels such as high blood pressure, angina or • extreme thirst Harold Hill 1. What Calcium Chloride Intravenous Raynaud‘s disease • passing a large amount of urine Romford Infusion is and what it is used for Pregnancy, breast-feeding and fertility • bone pain RM3 8UG If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, think you • calcium deposits in the kidney Calcium Chloride is a mineral salt, which is United Kingdom administered to increase the blood levels of may be pregnant or are planning to have a baby, • kidney stones Manufacturer: Calcium in the body and to get the heart working ask your doctor • irregular heart beat Macarthys Laboratories Ltd Trading as Martindale where potassium levels are too high. or pharmacist for advice before using this • coma medicine. • blood clot in the vein Pharma Calcium Chloride is used: Bampton Road Driving and using machines • high blood pressure • as part of the resuscitation procedure following Harold Hill There is no known effect of Calcium Chloride a cardiac arrest If any of these side effects get serious, or if you Romford Intravenous Infusion on driving or using • for the treatment of low calcium levels notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet RM3 8UG machines. please tell your doctor as soon as possible as this 2. Before Calcium Chloride Intravenous United Kingdom 3. How Calcium Chloride Intravenous may be a sign of overly high calcium blood levels Infusion is given (hypercalcaemia). Product licence number: PL 12064/0020 Infusion is given This leaflet was last revised in January 2018 DO NOT use Calcium Chloride Intravenous Reporting of side effects Your doctor or nurse will administer the injection Infusion if: If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or slowly through a vein (intravenous). • you are allergic to calcium salts or any other pharmacist or nurse. This includes any possible ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6) This medicinal product is not intended to side effects not listed in this leaflet. You can • you are taking medicines for heart problems deliver volumes of less than 2ml. also report side effects directly via Yellow Card (e.g. digitalis) Adults (including the elderly) Scheme. Website: www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard • you have low calcium levels due to kidney • in cases where your heart has stopped a single or search for MHRA Yellow Card in the Google Play problems dose of 10ml will be given or Apple App Store. By reporting side effects, you • you have an excess of calcium present in either • if you have recently developed low calcium can help provide more information on the safety your blood or your urine levels about 3 - 7ml will be given. This may be of this medicine. • you have breathing problems or dangerously repeated as required fast heart beat (ventricular fibrillation) • you suffer from high levels of vitamin D (disorder known as sarcoidosis) • you have, or have ever had, kidney stones • you have heart problems Continued overleaf

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