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Calcium chloride, dextrose, magnesium chloride, sodium chloride and sodium lactate side effects

Calcium chloride, dextrose, magnesium chloride, sodium chloride and sodium lactate's FDA label lists its adverse reactions in its own words. FAERS holds 16,942 reports naming it through July 30, 2026; the reaction reported most often, leaving out the conditions it is used for, product-use terms and outcomes, is peritonitis (2,169 reports).

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Check it at the source: the calcium chloride, dextrose, magnesium chloride, sodium chloride and sodium lactate FDA label on DailyMed (effective July 15, 2019, Fresenius Medical Care Renal Therapies Group, LLC); the FDA FAERS public dashboard.

What does the label list?

From the label: adverse reactions

Adverse reactions occurring with administration of peritoneal dialysis include mechanical and solution related problems as well as the results of contamination of equipment or improper technique in catheter placement. Abdominal pain, bleeding, peritonitis, subcutaneous infection around a peritoneal catheter, catheter blockage, difficulty in fluid removal, and ileus are among the complications of the procedure. Solution related adverse reactions might include peritonitis, catheter site infection, electrolyte and fluid imbalances, hypovolemia, hypervolemia, hypertension, hypotension, disequilibrium syndrome and muscle cramping. If an adverse reaction does occur, institute appropriate therapeutic procedures according to the patient’s needs and conditions, and save the remainder of the fluid in the bag for evaluation if deemed necessary.

Source: FDA drug label, Fresenius Medical Care Renal Therapies Group, LLC, effective July 15, 2019 (SPL set 251f0061-e7ae-11e1-aff1-0800200c9a66), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed

What do FAERS reports show?

16,942 reports list calcium chloride, dextrose, magnesium chloride, sodium chloride and sodium lactate among the medicines taken, each a report of something that happened, not proof the medicine caused it; 4,620 are coded as a death and 6,862 as a hospital stay. Counts follow how widely a medicine is used and watched, and they are not a measure of how risky it is. Of the 24 reactions below, 4 are named by the same term (in US spelling) in the label's adverse reactions, warnings or patient leaflet; a reaction the label does not name may still be there under another word, and a report does not show that the medicine caused it.

Reports received each year

The 25 most reported reactions

  • Peritonitis (named in the label)2,169
  • Death (an outcome recorded in the report)1,693
  • Peritonitis Bacterial1,155
  • Abdominal Distension645
  • Infection (named in the label)631
  • Myocardial Infarction576
  • Abdominal Pain (named in the label)569
  • Dyspnoea502
  • Fluid Overload496
  • Sepsis481
  • Hypotension (named in the label)458
  • Cardiac Failure Congestive451
  • Malaise422
  • Cardio-Respiratory Arrest378
  • Pneumonia375
  • Peritoneal Dialysis Complication364
  • Vomiting350
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction348
  • Pain319
  • Bloody Peritoneal Effluent314
  • Cardiac Arrest300
  • Asthenia290
  • Diarrhoea290
  • Discomfort243
  • Ultrafiltration Failure228

Source: FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) via openFDA, reports through July 30, 2026; reactions as MedDRA preferred terms

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