Provides the body with needed electrolytes and water during low blood volume or pressure. Also increases pH level of the body.
Therapeutic Classes:
Parenteral Electrolyte Combination
Forms:
Injectable
How it’s taken:
By injection
What is Lactated Ringers used for?
What form(s) does Lactated Ringers come in
Injectable
What are common Lactated Ringers doses?
Flex Cont 250ML of
Flex Cont 500ML of
Flex Cont 1000ML of
Plas Cont 1000ML of
Plas Cont 2000ML of
Plas Cont 3000ML of
Plas Cont 4000ML of
Common Lactated Ringers prescriptions
Lactated Ringers 1000ml of flex cont
Lactated Ringers 500ml of flex cont
How to take Lactated Ringers
Injection routeYour doctor will prescribe your dose and schedule. This medicine is given through a needle placed in a vein.
Injection routeA nurse or other health provider will give you this medicine.
Injection routeYour doctor will prescribe your dose and schedule. This medicine is given through a needle placed in a vein.
Injection routeA nurse or other health provider will give you this medicine.
What to do if you miss a dose of Lactated Ringers
Lactated Ringers contraindications
This medicine is not right for everyone. You should not receive it if you had an allergic reaction to sodium lactate.
Lactated Ringers warnings
This medicine can cause the following problems:Electrolyte imbalance, which can lead to encephalopathy, overhydration, changes in pH levels in the blood, kidney stones, or swellingHigh blood sugar
Your doctor will do lab tests at regular visits to check on the effects of this medicine. Keep all appointments.
Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or if you have kidney disease (including kidney stones), liver disease, heart disease (including heart failure), diabetes, lung or breathing problems, increased water intake without being thirsty, hormone problem (including SIADH), brain or nerve problems (including swelling in the brain), electrolyte imbalance, or dehydration. Tell your doctor if you have burns or tissue injury, or if you had a recent surgery.
Lactated Ringers interactions
Children 28 days of age or younger (neonates) should not receive this medicine together with ceftriaxone. Patients older than 28 days of age should not receive this medicine together with ceftriaxone in the same infusion line.
Some medicines can affect how Lactated Ringer works. Tell your doctor if you are using any of the following:Corticotropin, cyclosporine, digoxin, lithium, tacrolimus, vitamin DDiuretics (water pill)Medicine to treat hypertension (including ACE inhibitors, ARBs)Medicine to treat seizuresMedicine to treat mental or behavioral problemsSteroid medicine