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Calcium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium chloride and sodium lactate side effects

Calcium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium chloride and sodium lactate's FDA label lists its adverse reactions in its own words. FAERS holds 972 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 acute kidney injury (63 reports).

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Check it at the source: the calcium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium chloride and sodium lactate FDA label on DailyMed (effective October 29, 2025, Baxter Healthcare Company); the FDA FAERS public dashboard.

What does the label list?

From the label: adverse reactions

The following serious adverse reactions are discussed in greater detail in other sections of the labeling: • Serious Risk with Concomitant Use with Ceftriaxone [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1) ] • Air Embolism [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2) ] • Hypersensitivity Reactions [see Warnings and Precautions (5.3) ] • Potassium Imbalances [see Warnings and Precautions (5.4) ] • Hyponatremia [see Warnings and Precautions (5.5) ] • Hypercalcemia [see Warnings and Precautions (5.6) ] • Fluid Overload [see Warnings and Precautions (5.7) ] • Acid/Base Imbalances [see Warnings and Precautions (5.8) ] The following adverse reactions have been identified during post approval use of Lactated Ringer’s products. …

Source: FDA drug label, Baxter Healthcare Company, effective October 29, 2025 (SPL set dad7735c-709b-40ea-ab7a-15577e24a966), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed

What do FAERS reports show?

972 reports list calcium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium chloride and sodium lactate among the medicines taken, each a report of something that happened, not proof the medicine caused it; 111 are coded as a death and 298 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 23 reactions below, 12 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

  • Acute Kidney Injury63
  • Dyspnoea (named in the label)63
  • Tachycardia (named in the label)53
  • Blindness50
  • Hypotension (named in the label)47
  • Pruritus (named in the label)43
  • Pain38
  • Chills33
  • Rash (named in the label)33
  • Vomiting (named in the label)33
  • Cardiac Arrest32
  • Cough (named in the label)30
  • Infusion Related Reaction28
  • Heart Rate Increased27
  • Urticaria (named in the label)27
  • Renal Failure26
  • Anxiety (named in the label)25
  • Hypersensitivity (named in the label)25
  • Pyrexia (named in the label)25
  • Nausea (named in the label)23
  • Anaemia22
  • Drug Exposure During Pregnancy (a use or a product term, not a reaction)22
  • Death (an outcome recorded in the report)21
  • Fear20
  • Injury20

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

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