Sodium Lactate (Sodium Lactate)
Overview of Sodium Lactate
Sodium Lactate is used as a substitute for sodium bicarbonate to treat metabolic acidosis, but is no longer recommended due to the risk of lactic acidosis. It is used as a solution for parenteral fluids and electrolyte therapy.
Indication of Sodium Lactate
Sodium Lactate is primarily indicated in conditions like Hypokalaemia, Metabolic acidosis, Peritoneal dialysis.
Contraindication of Sodium Lactate
Sodium Lactate is contraindicated in conditions like Lactic acidosis,Hypernatremia.
Side Effects of Sodium Lactate
The severe or irreversible adverse effects of Sodium Lactate, which give rise to further complications include Tissue necrosis, Oedema, Hypernatremia.,The symptomatic adverse reactions produced by Sodium Lactate are more or less tolerable and if they become severe, they can be treated symptomatically, these include Hypokalemia, Metabolic alkalosis, Tetany, Reaction at injection site, Hypervolemia.
Precautions of Sodium Lactate
During sodium lactate administartion the acid-base status of a patient should be assessed periodically to minimize the possibility of overdosage or metabolic alkalosis. Because of the high sodium content of sodium lactate, the drug should be used with extreme caution in patients receiving corticotropin or corticosteroids, in patients with renal disease or insufficiency, or in patients with congestive heart failure or other sodium-retaining conditions. The drug also should be used cautiously in patients with conditions of impaired utilization of lactic acid such as beriberi, hepatic disease or insufficiency, shock, congestive heart failure, or hypoxemia. Sodium lactate therapy should be used with extreme caution in patients with potassium depletion.The drug should be used with extreme caution in pregnant women.