What is Perikabiven? Uses, warnings & side effects

Updated May 14, 2025  •  Published Mar 21, 2024

Perikabiven overview

BRAND NAMES:

  • SmartRx MLD Kit, Kabiven, Perikabiven, Smoflipid, Omegaven, Clinolipid, Intralipid, Nutrilipid, Normosol-M w/5% Dextrose, pH 12 Sterile Diluent for Flolan, R-Gene 10, Sterile Diluent for Treprostinil, Ionosol Mb/5% Dextrose, triCitrasol

Generic Names:

  • Perikabiven

Uses:

  • Provides your body with extra water and carbohydrates (calories from sugar). Dextrose is used in many different health conditions., Provides your body with nutrients such as fat (lipids) and sometimes protein, sugar, vitamins, and minerals. This medicine is needed when you cannot eat food by mouth or if you cannot get enough nutrition from your diet for several days. You may need this medicine if you have serious medical problems such as AIDS, cancer, or serious burns., Provides your body with nutrients such as protein, sugar, vitamins, minerals, and sometimes fat (lipids). Parenteral solution is needed when you cannot eat food by mouth or if you cannot get enough nutrition from your diet for several days. You may need parenteral solution if you have serious medical problems such as AIDS, cancer, or serious burns.

Therapeutic Classes:

  • Parenteral Solution, Antidote, Parenteral Lipids, Diagnostic Agent, Pituitary Function, Endocrine-Metabolic Agent, Nutritive Agent

Forms:

  • Injectable

How it’s taken:

  • By injection

What is Perikabiven used for?

What form(s) does Perikabiven come in?

  • Injectable

What are common Perikabiven dosages?

  • Flex Cont 1920ml of 2.4-6.8-3.5-0.5%

How to take Perikabiven

  • 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 routeYou may be taught how to give your medicine at home. Make sure you understand all instructions before giving yourself an injection. Do not use more medicine or use it more often than your doctor tells you to.

  • Injection routeUse a new needle and syringe each time you inject your medicine.

  • If you do not need to use all of the medicine in a package, throw away the leftover medicine. Do not save any to use later.

  • If you receive this medicine at home, a caregiver will teach you, a family member, or friend how to give the medicine. You may need to add vitamins or medicine to the solution before using it. Your caregiver will show you how to do this.

  • Do not use this medicine if the solution (liquid) looks cloudy or has solid pieces floating in it. Do not use the medicine if it is separated like oil and water or is leaking from the bag. Carefully follow all instructions for preparing and giving this medicine.

  • Do not use this medicine if the solution (liquid) looks cloudy or has solid pieces floating in it. Do not use the medicine if it is separated like oil and water, or is leaking from the bag. Carefully follow any instructions for mixing, preparing, and giving this medicine.

What to do if you miss a dose of Perikabiven

  • Call your doctor, pharmacist, treatment clinic, or home health caregiver for instructions. The exact instructions depend on the reason you are receiving this medicine.

  • Do not use extra medicine to make up for a missed dose

  • Injection routeAsk your pharmacist, doctor, or health caregiver about the best way to dispose of any leftover medicine, containers, and other supplies. Throw away old medicine after the expiration date has passed.

  • Keep all medicine out of the reach of children. Never share your medicine with anyone.

  • You must use this medicine on a fixed schedule. Call your doctor or pharmacist if you miss a dose.

  • Remove the medicine from the refrigerator at least 2 hours before using it. This will bring the solution to room temperature and make the injection more comfortable for you. Do not heat the medicine in a microwave oven.

  • Injection routeThrow away used needles in a hard, closed container that the needles cannot poke through. Keep this container away from children and pets. Follow any special instructions about how to throw away empty medicine bottles, tubes, or bags.

  • Ask your pharmacist, doctor, or health caregiver about the best way to dispose of any outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed.

Perikabiven contraindications - Who shouldn't take Perikabiven?

  • You should not receive blood through the same tube that you are receiving dextrose through.

  • Parenteral solution provides nutrients that your body needs. Unless your doctor tells you otherwise, there is no reason why you should not receive this medicine.

Perikabiven warnings

  • Make sure your doctor knows if you are pregnant or breast feeding, or if you have diabetes.

  • Your doctor will do lab tests at regular visits to check on the effects of this medicine. Keep all appointments. This is especially important if this medicine is being given to a baby.

  • Swelling, redness, bleeding, or pain where the needle is placed.

  • Trouble breathing.

  • Yellow skin or eyes.

  • Swelling in your hands, ankles, or feet.

  • Make sure your doctor knows if you are pregnant or breast feeding. Your nutritional needs may be higher than normal.

  • Tell your doctor if you have diabetes, blood clotting problems, or high cholesterol. Also tell your doctor if you have ever had an allergic reaction to vitamins, eggs, oils, or peanuts.

  • Make sure your doctor knows if you have medical problems with your pancreas, liver, or kidney, or if you have heart disease.

  • Do not stop using this medicine suddenly. Your doctor will need to slowly decrease your dose before you stop it completely.

  • Your doctor will do lab tests at regular visits to check on the effects of this medicine. Keep all appointments.

Perikabiven interactions & what to avoid when taking Perikabiven

  • Do not add anything to the dextrose solution unless your caregiver tells you to. Dextrose is often used with other medicines or nutrients (such as vitamins and minerals), but not all medicines and nutrients are safe to mix together and must be done using a special technique to prevent contamination.

  • Your doctor will do lab tests at regular visits to check on the effects of this medicine. Keep all appointments. This is especially important if this medicine is being given to a baby.

  • Do not use any other vitamins or mineral supplements without asking your doctor first.

  • Tell your doctor if you have diabetes, blood clotting problems, or high cholesterol. Also tell your doctor if you have ever had an allergic reaction to vitamins, eggs, oils, or peanuts.

  • Make sure your doctor knows if you have medical problems with your pancreas, liver, or kidney, or if you have heart disease.

  • Do not stop using this medicine suddenly. Your doctor will need to slowly decrease your dose before you stop it completely.

  • Your doctor will do lab tests at regular visits to check on the effects of this medicine. Keep all appointments.

Perikabiven side effects - How does Perikabiven make you feel?

Serious Side Effects

  • Severe swelling, especially in your feet, legs, hands, or arms.

  • Fever.

  • Trouble breathing.

  • Swelling, redness, bleeding, or pain where the needle is placed.

  • Yellow skin or eyes.

  • Rapid weight gain.

  • Swelling in your hands, ankles, or feet.

  • Pale, hot, dry skin with fruit-like breath odor, fainting, and shortness of breath.

  • Numbness or tingling in your hands, feet, or lips.

  • Confusion and weakness with uneven heartbeat and shortness of breath.

  • Confusion and weakness with muscle twitching.

Less Serious Side Effects

  • Dry mouth, increased thirst, muscle cramps, nausea or vomiting.

  • Increase in how much or how often you urinate.

  • Blurred vision, drowsiness, dry mouth, increased thirst.

  • Pain, redness, swelling, or cold feeling where the needle is placed.

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