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Calcium gluconate
Essential medicine status
Section:
4. Antidotes and other substances used in poisonings 4.2. Antidotes and other substances used in poisonings > Specific
ATC codes: A12AA03
EMLc
Indication
Hypermagnesaemia ICD11 code: 5C64.40
Medicine type
Chemical agent
List type
Core (EML)
(EMLc)
Formulations
Parenteral > General injections > IV: 100 mg per mL in 10 mL ampoule
EML status history
First added in 1997 (TRS 882)
Changed in 2007 (TRS 950)
Sex
All
Age
Also recommended for children
Therapeutic alternatives
The recommendation is for this specific medicine
Patent information
Patents have expired in most jurisdictions
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Calcium gluconate
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Calcium gluconate
Summary of evidence and Expert Committee recommendations
The EMLc Subcommittee endorsed the listing of calcium gluconate injection on the core list of the EMLc as an antidote for magnesium toxicity and poisoning from plants containing oxalates.