Glucose

Overview

Glucose is aldohexose also known as dextrose, occuring as the D-form and found as a free monosaccharide in fruits and other plants and in the normal blood of all animals. Glucose is the chief source of energy for living organisms, its utilization is being controlled by insulin.

Categories

• 26 Hospital fluids
  • 26.2 Parentral solutions
  • 26.2.2 Caloric solutions

Page headings

Primary Characterstics

Indications

Pharmacokinetics

Contraindications

Drug Interactions

Side Effects

Dosage

Glucose's dosage details are as follows:

Dose	Single Dose	Frequency	Route	Instructions
Adult Dosage
5 to 50 %	28 (27.5)	As recommended.	IV Inf	As required
500 to 800 mg/ kg/hr	650 (650)	As recommended.	IV Inf	As Required
Paedriatic Dosage (20kg)
No data regarding the Paedriatic dosage details of Glucose is available.
Neonatal Dosage (3kg)
No data regarding the neonatal dosage details of Glucose is available.

High Risk Groups

Drug should not be given to Pregnant Mothers, patients suffering from Kidney dysfunction, and patients suffering from Liver Malfunction.

If prescribing authority justifies the benefits of the drug against the possible damages he/she should reevaluate them and consult the reference material and previous studies.

Warning / Precautions

Storage Conditions

Interference in Pathology

Brands / Trade Names of Glucose

Click on the desired strength of the dosage form to view its available brands.

Single Ingredient

Inj: 3.3 g, 5 %w/v, 10 %w/v, 25 %w/v, 5000 IU,
Inj-IV: 5 %w/v, 25 %w/v,
Inf: 5 g, 25 g, 5 %w/v, 10 %w/v, 25 %w/v,
Soln: 5 %w/v,

Multi ingredient

Inj: 5 %w/v, 4.3 %w/v, 8.25 %w/v,
Inf: 5 g/L, 5 %w/v, 10 %w/v, 3.3 %w/v, 4.3 %w/v, 135 g/1000ml, 150 g/1000ml, 240 g/1000ml, 112.5 g/1000ml,
Syrup: 3.96 mg/5ml,
Soln: 15 g/L, 17 g/L, 20 g/L, 1.5 g/L, 1.5 %w/v, 4.25 g/L, 10 g/500ml, 10 mg/500ml,
Oral Soln: 10 g/500ml,
Liquid: 10 g/500ml,
Sachet: 20 g, 13.5 g, 3.56 g/5.177g,

Manufacturers of Glucose in Pakistan

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