What the official label says. If a doctor prescribed it, follow the prescription. Your pack's leaflet comes first if it is different.
INDICATIONS As an electrolyte replenisher in magnesium deficiencies.
Magnesium Chloride Injection should not be administered if there is renal impairment, marked myocardial disease or to comatose patients.
Do not use if a precipitate is present.
Flushing, sweating, sharply lowered blood pressure, hypothermia, stupor and ultimately respiratory depression.
Pregnancy Animal reproduction studies have not been conducted with magnesium chloride. It is also not known whether magnesium chloride can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman or can affect reproduction capacity. Magnesium Chloride should be given to a pregnant woman only if clearly needed.
Take it when you remember, unless it is nearly time for the next dose. Then skip the missed one. Never take two doses at once to make up for it. Check your leaflet, as some medicines are different.
Products with Magnesium chloride as the active ingredient. Names differ between countries.
Other countries: check your pack's registration number and we point you to your regulator.
A recall usually affects certain batches only. Compare the lot number on your pack.
INDICATIONS As an electrolyte replenisher in magnesium deficiencies. (From the official U.S. FDA label.)
Follow your prescription or the leaflet in your pack. The official label says: For intravenous infusion: 4 grams in 250 mL of 5% Dextrose Injection, at a rate not exceeding 3 mL per minute. Serum magnesium levels should serve as a guide to continued dosage.…
Usually yes. Magnesium chloride is a prescription medicine in most countries. Rules differ by country.
Magnesium chloride is sold under names such as Clinimix E 4.25/10, Extraneal, Aminosyn Ii 8.5 % With Electrolytes, Sulfite-free, Aminosyn 8.5 % With Electrolytes, Sulfite-free, Isolyte S In 5 % Dextrose, Normosol-r In 5 % Dextrose, Slow-mag Reformulated Feb 2012, Nutrilyte Ii. Brand names differ between countries.
Scan the registration number on your pack with PillVera (NAFDAC number in Nigeria, NDC in the United States, DIN in Canada), check the expiry date and buy only from licensed pharmacies.