Drug Name: | Calcium Gluconate |
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Drug Class: | Electrolyte supplement |
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Mechanism of Action: | Provides calcium ions for normal nerve, muscle, and cardiac function |
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Use: | - Treatment of hypocalcemia
- Prevention of hypocalcemia in high-risk patients
- Treatment of calcium channel blocker overdose
- Treatment of magnesium sulfate overdose
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Side Effects: | - Nausea
- Vomiting
- Constipation
- Hypotension
- Bradycardia
- Cardiac arrest (with rapid infusion)
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Contraindications: | - Hypercalcemia
- Ventricular fibrillation
- Digitalis toxicity
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Specialty: | - Emergency Medicine
- Critical Care
- Endocrinology
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