What the label lists and what reports show
Calcium chloride and potassium chloride and sodium chloride side effects
Calcium chloride and potassium chloride and sodium chloride's FDA label lists its adverse reactions in its own words. FAERS holds 119 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 hypotension (15 reports).
- No generic listed
Check it at the source: the calcium chloride and potassium chloride and sodium chloride FDA label on DailyMed (effective August 30, 2023, B. Braun Medical Inc.); the FDA FAERS public dashboard.
What does the label list?
From the label: adverse reactionsPossible adverse effects arising from the irrigation of body cavities, tissues, or indwelling catheters and tubes are usually avoidable when proper procedures are followed. Displaced catheters or drainage tubes can lead to irrigation or infiltration of unintended structures or cavities. Excessive volume or pressure during irrigation of closed cavities may cause undue distention or disruption of tissues. Accidental contamination from careless technique may transmit infection. Should any adverse reaction occur, discontinue the irrigant, evaluate the patient, institute appropriate therapeutic countermeasures and save the remainder of the fluid for examination if deemed necessary.
Source: FDA drug label, B. Braun Medical Inc., effective August 30, 2023 (SPL set b53c598c-dc7d-4a15-9319-8edf265e7b42), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed
What do FAERS reports show?
119 reports list calcium chloride and potassium chloride and sodium chloride among the medicines taken, each a report of something that happened, not proof the medicine caused it; 20 are coded as a death and 55 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 25 reactions below, none is 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.
The 25 most reported reactions
Source: FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) via openFDA, reports through July 30, 2026; reactions as MedDRA preferred terms
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