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Side effects may include irritation of the vein in which it is given, high blood sugar, and swelling. [2] [3] Excess use may result in low blood sodium and other electrolyte problems. [2] Intravenous sugar solutions are in the crystalloid family of medications. [4] They come in a number of strengths including 5%, 10%, and 50% dextrose. [2]
Dextrose 5% and 10% come in IV bag and syringe form, and are mainly used in infants and to provide a fluid medium for medications. Dextrose 25% and 50% are heavily necrotic due to their hyperosmolarity, and should only be given through a patent IV line – any infiltration can cause massive tissue necrosis.
Lycasin's known side effects in adults include bloating, abdominal cramps, intestinal gurgling or rumbling , and flatulence. [4] Some cases of extremely intense intestinal distress have been reported from consuming foods containing Lycasin.
Side effects may include vomiting, high blood sodium, or high blood potassium. [1] If vomiting occurs, it is recommended that use be paused for 10 minutes and then gradually restarted. [1] The recommended formulation includes sodium chloride, sodium citrate, potassium chloride, and glucose. [1]
This is especially common in adolescents who consume about 30-50% of the beverages that are on the market. [28] Studies suggest that energy drinks may cause twice as much damage to teeth as sports drinks. Citric acid, found in many sugar sweetened beverages, causes stripping of the enamel. [29]
Modern studies find that placebos can affect some outcomes such as pain and nausea, but otherwise do not generally have important clinical effects. [9] Improvements that patients experience after being treated with a placebo can also be due to unrelated factors, such as regression to the mean (a statistical effect where an unusually high or low ...
Fluid replacement or fluid resuscitation is the medical practice of replenishing bodily fluid lost through sweating, bleeding, fluid shifts or other pathologic processes. . Fluids can be replaced with oral rehydration therapy (drinking), intravenous therapy, rectally such as with a Murphy drip, or by hypodermoclysis, the direct injection of fluid into the subcutaneous tis
Other serious side effects may include medullary thyroid cancer, angioedema, pancreatitis, and kidney injury. [7] Use in pregnancy and breastfeeding is of unclear safety. [ 9 ] Exenatide is a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 receptor agonist) also known as incretin mimetics . [ 7 ]