Sodium Salicylate (Sodium Salicylate)
Overview of Sodium Salicylate
Sodium Salicylate reduces fever and relieves pain. itused in the symptomatic therapy of gout and in acute rheumatic fever.
Indication of Sodium Salicylate
Sodium Salicylate is primarily indicated in conditions like Fever, Pain, Rheumatoid arthritis.
Contraindication of Sodium Salicylate
Sodium Salicylate is contraindicated in conditions like Peptic ulcer,Renal diseases,Gastritis.
Side Effects of Sodium Salicylate
The severe or irreversible adverse effects of Sodium Salicylate, which give rise to further complications include Hepatotoxicity, Gastric irritation, Mucosal lesions, Worsening of pre-existing heart failure.,Sodium Salicylate produces potentially life-threatening effects which include Hypersensitivity reactions, Reye's syndrome. which are responsible for the discontinuation of Sodium Salicylate therapy.,The signs and symptoms that are produced after the acute overdosage of Sodium Salicylate include Acidosis, Fever, Hyperglycemia, Hypoglycemia, Renal failure, Respiratory alkalosis.,The symptomatic adverse reactions produced by Sodium Salicylate are more or less tolerable and if they become severe, they can be treated symptomatically, these include Tachycardia, Rashes, Hyperventilation, Metabolic acidosis, Respiratory alkalosis, Salicylism.
Precautions of Sodium Salicylate
Sodium salicylate should be used with caution in patients with chronic renal (kidney) insufficiency, gastric ulcer, severe anaemia, patients intolerant to salicylate.