Sodium bicarbonate (injection)

🧮 Dose calculator

Metabolic acidosis · Regimen source: FDA NaHCO3 1.26% · 2.2

• • Guided by serum bicarbonate, total CO2, pH and clinical state. Do not dilute. FDA NaHCO3 1.26% · 2.2FDA NaHCO3 1.26% · 2.1
• • In Iran 7.5% and 8.4% vials (about 0.9 and 1 mEq/mL) are common (Darooyab); compute volume from the mEq dose and that vial’s strength. The volume shown is for the isotonic 0.15 mEq/mL solution. Darooyab · G-2505/Sodium-Bicarbonate

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👥 Special populations

• 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

  Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. FDA NaHCO3 1.26% · 8.1

  “Risk Summary Available data from published literature over decades of use have not identified a drug associated risk of major birth defects, miscarriage or other adverse maternal or fetal outcomes.”

• 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

  Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. FDA NaHCO3 1.26% · 8.2

  “Risk Summary There are no data on the presence of sodium bicarbonate in either human or animal milk, the effects on the breast-fed infant or the effects on milk production following administration of sodium bicarbonate injection.”

• 👶 ChildrenUse with caution

  The label has conditions, age limits or notes for children; the label sentence is quoted below. FDA NaHCO3 1.26% · 8.4

  “Sodium bicarbonate injection is indicated in pediatric patients: • To raise plasma pH in pediatric patients with clinically significant metabolic acidosis • To alkalinize the urine in drug poisoning in cases in which urinary drug elimination is enhanced by urinary alkalinization Rapid injection of sodium bicarbonate …”

• 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

  Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA NaHCO3 1.26% · 8.5

  “Clinical studies of sodium bicarbonate injection did not include sufficient numbers of subjects aged 65 and over to determine whether they respond differently from younger subjects.”

• ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

  The source for this drug has no section for this group.