In severe intoxications or dehydration to the patient, the drug Acesol is included in the complex therapy. Instructions for use recommend using the product if the patient's condition is almost critical. What kind of medication is this? What is its use? And how to apply it?
a brief description of
The drug "Acesol" application instructions are positioned as a saline, detoxification and plasma substituting solution. It belongs to a group of combined drugs that affect only metabolic processes in the tissues.
The medicine is used to restore the water-electrolyte balance in the body. The drug Acesol is produced in the form of a clear solution intended for infusion.
The medication is based on a combination of components:
- sodium chloride
- potassium chloride
- sodium acetate trihydrate .
The medicine is allowed to freeze.
It is not known whether the drug Acesol affects the ability to drive a vehicle or perform potentially dangerous work. No such studies have been carried out to date.
Drug action
So, what is the benefit of this tool? To answer this question, you should consider the pharmacological effect of the drug “Acesol”.
Instructions for use indicate that this tool has the following properties:
- anti-shock
- plasma replacement
- rehydrating
- detoxification (removes harmful, toxic substances from the body),
- anti-aggregate
- diuretic.
In addition, the Acesol medication provides a whole series of beneficial effects:
- prevents the occurrence of metabolic acidosis ;
- reduces hypovolemia;
- prevents excessive blood clotting;
- improves capillary circulation, microcirculation;
- increases diuresis.
It is known that the positive effect of the drug extends to such important organs as the heart, kidneys.
So, in what conditions is it advisable to resort to using Acesol medication?
Indications for use
The medicine is prescribed by a doctor in the following conditions:
- Dehydration caused by severe food poisoning. Pathology is accompanied by repeated diarrhea, vomiting.
- Massive blood loss. With this pathology, there is a need to quickly restore the normal level of electrolytes. The drug is prescribed in combination with blood substitutes.
- Cholera or dysentery. Infectious diseases, accompanied by profuse vomiting, diarrhea. As a result of such symptoms, the patient dehydrates very quickly.
- Foodborne infections (poisoning).
- Acetonemic syndrome. With this pathology, the patient significantly reduces the amount of fluid circulating in the body.
- Burns (2.3 degree). The drug is recommended for use in complex therapy.
With all of the above pathologies, the Acesol medicine is highly effective. Indications for use include another condition in which the drug provides a beneficial effect. The medication is used in the treatment of toxic pathologies provoked by alcohol intoxication.
Recommended Dosages
Only in the case of severe or moderate conditions of the patient is the medicine “Acesol” prescribed. The use of this solution is justified when the patient cannot take orally medication for rehydration.
Intended for intravenous administration.
The instruction recommends the use of "Acesol" - a solution for infusion as follows:
- Before applying the medication, it must be warmed up. The optimum temperature is an indicator of 36-38 C.
- It is important to keep it warm. Especially if the medication is administered for a long time. To do this, it is recommended to place a heating pad on the bottle, which will provide the required temperature level.
- Initially, the drug is administered jet for 1-3 hours.
- For each specific case, the amount of solution necessary to restore the body is selected individually.
For patients who are diagnosed with serious conditions, Acesol solution is administered for an hour in an amount approximately equal to 7-10% of the patient’s weight.
Then this medicine enters the patient's body by the drip. The system is connected for 24-48 hours. The speed of such an event is 40-120 drops per minute. The drip procedure is necessarily accompanied by laboratory monitoring of the patient's indicators.
Every 6 hours, determine what the difference between the lost and injected fluid. This allows you to protect the patient from unpleasant complications. The volume of solution ingested should correspond to the total amount of excreted fluid (bowel movement, urine, vomiting, sweat).
Contraindications
Doctors, prescribing this remedy to the patient, take into account not only the Acesol medication indications, but also the restrictions on its use.
The instruction indicates the following contraindications:
- alkalosis;
- hyperkalemia
- hypersensitivity;
- chronic renal failure;
- cerebral edema;
- a ban on the introduction of large amounts of fluid into the body;
- heart failure;
- edema of incomprehensible etiology.
Patients who are diagnosed with impaired renal excretory function need special attention.
Side effects
The drug is able to provoke some negative manifestations. They are also important to consider if the medicine Acesol is prescribed.
Instructions for use indicate that the following adverse reactions may occur:
- swelling;
- chills;
- increase in pressure;
- increased concentration of potassium in the blood;
- tachycardia attack.
If such manifestations are noticed, then the doctor cancels the administration of this medication. Restoration of the electrolyte balance in the patient is carried out by other drugs.
Overdose
In this case, the patient develops hyperkalemia.
As a rule, an overdose can occur in the following cases:
- if the patient is diagnosed with kidney pathology in a chronic form;
- the presence of diseases that can worsen the elimination of potassium from the human body;
- too fast solution input.
You should be aware that hyperkalemia can even be fatal. Moreover, such a pathology can develop very rapidly.
Severe symptoms indicate a high concentration of potassium in the blood:
- heart failure;
- muscle paralysis.
However, hyperkalemia is a rather insidious pathology. In some cases, it can be generally asymptomatic.
In case of overdose, “Acesol” (solution) is immediately canceled. Most often, the medicine is replaced with the effective Disol medication. Depending on the condition of the patient, the doctor assesses the need for hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.
The main analogues
What can replace this tool? The structural analogue of the Acesol medication is the Chlosol solution.
If you are sensitive to this drug, your doctor may replace it with the following medicines:
- Methusolus.
- "Lactasol."
- Hartman's solution.
- Quintasol.
- Plasma-Lit 148.
- "Addamel N."
- "Yonosteril."
- "Disol."
- "Reamberin."
- "Ringer Lactate."
- "Sterofundin G-5."
- "Trometamol N".
- Ringer's Acetate.
- "Normofundin G-5."
Use during pregnancy
Expectant mothers must always listen to the recommendations of doctors. This applies to any medication.
Can I use Acesol during pregnancy? Only the attending doctor is able to answer this question. The advisability of using this tool is carefully weighed by a doctor. The solution can only be prescribed if the expected beneficial effect of the mother’s therapy significantly exceeds the risk for the unborn baby.
However, you should be aware that studies that would fully confirm the safety of the drug for expectant mothers have not been conducted.
This also applies to the lactation period.