The medicine is used to reduce blood circulation and disrupt the acid-base balance in the body. Only a doctor prescribes treatment. Injections should be carried out using droppers. More often this treatment is used in hospitals than in the home environment. Hartman's solution is prescribed for many diseases, accompanied by loss of fluid in the body.
Drug characteristics
The solution is produced in glassware with a face 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 a comfortable use, but the drug can be produced in plastic. So Hartman's solution is easier to transport and leave for storage. The pricing policy is ambiguous, it all depends on the manufacturer and the volume of containers. Hartman himself, a solution of domestic production in a glass bottle weighing four hundred grams costs about one hundred rubles. A producer from Yugoslavia costs a little more. Its analogs are offered at a price of forty rubles.
Indications for use of the drug
For many diseases and life-threatening conditions, a drug such as Hartman's solution is prescribed. The instruction recommends its use in such cases:
- Severe dehydration.
- Acidosis (mild).
- To replenish fluid and electrolyte levels with diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting.
- Peritonitis.
- After surgery, a serious traumatic condition to replenish extracellular fluid.
- With severe blood loss.
Drug action
Hartman's solution is an intercellular fluid substance. Its direct function is to compensate for the deficiency of electrolytes and fluids in the patient's body and regulate the acid-base balance. If we compare, then Hartman’s solution is several times greater than its direct competitor - sodium chloride solution.
The drug is responsible for the compensation of the necessary cations in the intercellular fluid. The main component of the drug is
sodium lactate. Once inside the body, this substance turns into bicarbonate. This solution is safe, it does not interfere with the functioning of human internal organs. 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
The annotation to the medicine indicates that reception during pregnancy is impossible. A doctor can prescribe treatment when assessing the potential threat to the fetus and the benefits of use for a woman. With lactation, administration is also prohibited, since the active substance passes into breast milk and may harm the baby. You can not use the solution for individual intolerance to the components of the drug, for heart and kidney failure, arterial hypertension. It is undesirable to use the drug if there are problems with the respiratory system and during treatment with glucocorticosteroids. It is also incompatible with certain other types of drugs.
Side effects
Most patients are well tolerated. Side effects occur when the dosage is incorrectly set and when prescribed to patients who have contraindications for use. What can be observed in this case:
- allergic skin rashes;
- anxiety;
- thrombophlebitis;
- hypervolemia.
If one of the symptoms is present during treatment, you should immediately consult a doctor.
Hartman's solution: instructions for use
The drug is prescribed only by the attending physician. Individually, they select the dosage and method of taking the solution. A medicine is used in the form of droppers at an average rate of administration of 60 drops per minute. In 24 hours, 2500 ml is obtained. Based on the kilogram of patient weight, this is a 2.5 mm solution. In a difficult situation of the patient, the rate of administration is increased to 100 drops.
You need to remember important information: after a dropper with a medicine, you need to drink a lot of water for a day and an additional two days after treatment. This is necessary to make up for a deficiency of fluid. In total, the duration of treatment is about 72 hours.
Solution Storage Conditions
Keep the packaging in a dry room, closed to children, at a temperature not exceeding twenty-five degrees. If the solution is in a glass container, you need to be careful during transportation and storage. If in plastic - observe the temperature regime. Violation of it entails the loss of medicinal properties of the drug. It is suitable for no more than three years from the date of production. In no case should you use a solution with an expired shelf life. Before use, you need to read the data on the label.
Solution analogs
The drug has a complex active substance - sodium lactate. Hartman's solution analogues has such :
- "Chlosol" - a domestic drug, is available in solution;
- Quintosol is also a Russian-made medicine in the form of a solution;
- "Methusol" is also produced in Penza in the form of a solution;
- "Disol" - a medicine produced in Belarus;
- Endofalk is a German product sold in the form of a powder.
Hartman's solution: reviews
The drug has helped many with poisoning and dehydration. Those who used this solution in treatment leave only positive reviews. Patients note that the drug improves the condition within a day. They did not observe any negative effects on their body.