SODIUM CHLORIDE*0,9% FL 250ML PE

What it is and what it is used for
SODIUM CHLORIDE B. BRAUN 0.9% is a saline (electrolyte) solution that is injected into a vein.
This medicine contains the active ingredient sodium chloride.
SODIUM CHLORIDE B. BRAUN 0.9% is indicated when:
• you have a low level of chloride in your blood and your blood pH is high (hypochloremic alkalosis);
• have a loss of sodium or chloride;
• you need to immediately replenish your blood volume after you have lost blood;
• you have a lack of body fluids and your blood sodium level is low (hypotonic dehydration);
• has a lack of body fluids (isotonic dehydration);
• It is needed as a vehicle for other electrolytes or compatible medicines.

What you need to know before taking the medicine
Do not use Sodium Chloride B. Braun 0.9%:
• if you are allergic to sodium chloride or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in section 6);
• if you have a high amount of water in your body (hyperhydration);
• if you have a severe increase in the concentration of sodium or chloride in your blood (severe hypernatremia or severe hyperchloremia).

Warnings and precautions
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before you are given Sodium Chloride B. Braun 0.9%.

SODIUM CHLORIDE B.Braun 0.9% will be administered to you with great caution if:
• you have a low level of potassium in your blood (hypokalemia);
• you have a high level of sodium in your blood (hypernatremia);
• has a high level of chloride in the blood (hyperchloremia);
• suffer from heart failure (inability of the heart to supply blood in quantities adequate for the body's needs);
• suffer from severe renal insufficiency (severe decrease in kidney function);
• has accumulation of water in the body tissues (generalized edema), water in the lungs (pulmonary edema), high blood pressure (hypertension), or an illness that occurs during pregnancy, with high blood pressure (eclampsia), or other conditions associated with sodium retention (see “Other medicines and SODIUM CHLORIDE B. BRAUN 0.9%”).

To avoid brain damage (osmotic demyelination syndrome), your doctor will make sure that your blood sodium level does not increase too quickly.

If you are receiving this medicine, your serum electrolyte levels, fluid balance and acid-base status will be checked from time to time.

Your heart and lung functions will be monitored in case a rapid infusion of Sodium Chloride B. Braun 0.9% is required.

Children
Premature or full-term infants may retain excess sodium due to poor kidney function. Therefore, repeated infusions of sodium chloride will be administered by the doctor only after determining the serum sodium level.

Possible side effects
Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.
The following side effects may occur:
Not known (frequency cannot be estimated from the available data)
- Increased levels of sodium in the blood (hypernatraemia), increased volume of the blood (hypervolemia), increased levels of chloride in the blood (hyperchloraemia) which may cause a loss of other salts (bicarbonates) resulting in increased acidity of the blood (acidosis);
- Headache, dizziness, restlessness, fever, irritability, weakness, muscle stiffness, convulsions, coma, death;
- Drowsiness, confusional states;
- Reduced tearing;
- Increased heart rate (tachycardia);
- Lowering (hypotension) or increasing (hypertension) of blood pressure, accumulation of fluids in the lungs (pulmonary edema) and in the legs and ankles (peripheral edema);
- Difficulty breathing (dyspnea), blocked breathing (respiratory arrest);
- Thirst, reduced salivation, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain;
- Problems with the functioning of the kidneys (renal failure);
- Infection at the infusion site, pain or local reaction, irritation of the vein, formation of blood clots in the vein (thrombosis) or inflammation of the vein (phlebitis) extending from the infusion site, leakage of the injected solution from the vein (extravasation) .

Reporting of side effects
If you get any side effects, talk to your doctor or pharmacist, including any not listed in this leaflet. You can also report side effects directly via the national reporting system at: https://www.aifa.gov.it/content/segnalazionireazioni-avverse .
By reporting side effects you can help provide more information on the safety of this medicine.