CALCIUM CHLORIDE INJECTION MINIJET 10% W/V
SOLUTION FOR INJECTION
Please read this leaflet. It contains important information about your medicine. If you have any questions, please ask your doctor or nurse.
What is in my injection?
The name of your injection is Calcium Chloride Injection Minijet 10% w/v. It contains 100mg calcium chloride dihydrate in every ml. To make it into a sterile injection, it also contains calcium hydroxide, hydrochloric acid and water for injections. Each pack contains one 10ml vial. It is a mineral salt.
What is it?
Calcium is a mineral that occurs naturally in the body. It is needed for muscles (including the heart) to work properly.
Who makes it?
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What is it used for?
It is used when the level of calcium in the blood needs to be increased. This can be associated with tetany
(muscle spasm), the heart stopping or having too much potassium or magnesium sulphate in the blood.
Before you are given this injection
- Do you have ventricular fibrillation (where the heart has stopped beating effectively)?
- Do you have any problems with your kidneys?
- Are you taking digoxin (or similar) tablets for your heart?
- Are you pregnant, likely to become pregnant, or breast-feeding?
- Do you have any problems with your lungs or difficulty breathing?
- Have you been told you have hypercalcaemia, hypercalcuria, sarcoidosis, high Vitamin D levels or kidney stones?
- Are you taking any other drugs such as bisphosphates (for Pagets disease or osteoporosis) or thiazide diuretics (for high blood pressure)?
If the answer to any of these questions is YES, please tell your doctor, even if you have already had your injection.
How much is given?
It depends what the blood level of calcium is, and what condition is being treated, and how you respond.
The level of calcium in your blood will be measured.
The following doses are for guidance only:
Low blood calcium
Adults: 5-10ml
Children: 0.2ml/kg bodyweight
These doses can be repeated every 1-3 days.
Too much blood magnesium:
Adults: 500mg (5ml) given promptly
Too much blood potassium:
Adults: This dose will be adjusted as necessary with ECG monitoring.
Calcium chloride is given slowly into a large vein.
When the heart has stopped beating
Adults: 2-4ml
Children: 0.2ml/kg
directly into the chamber of the heart
If you are not sure why you have been given this medicine, ask your doctor.
If you feel you have been given too much of this medicine, please tell your doctor.
Are there any side effects?
It may be painful at the injection site if the calcium gets into the muscle or under the skin, and the skin may die and peel off.
You may notice tingling, burning, hot flushes, a chalky taste, faintness. You may feel weighed down by worries.
Your blood pressure may fall as your blood vessels relax. Your heart may beat more slowly or irregularly.
If you feel the injection has upset you in ANY way, please tell your doctor.
How to store this medicine
Storage conditions: Do not store above 25°C. Do not use this medicine after the expiry date shown on the
carton and vial label.
KEEP THIS AND ALL MEDICINES OUT OF REACH AND SIGHT OF CHILDREN
This leaflet only applies to product Calcium Chloride Injection 10% w/v.
Date of preparation: October 2007
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