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9.2.1.1 Oral potassium - View Category

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SODIUM ZIRCONIUM CYCLOSILICATE (LOKELMA)

Restrictions:

Restricted to specialist use in the emergency care setting for the treatment of acute, life-threatening hyperkalaemia alongside standard care.

Prescribing Notes:

Please refer to section 7.5.3 for treatment of hyperkalaemia in chronic kidney disease.

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7.5.3 Cation exchange compound - View Category

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SODIUM ZIRCONIUM CYCLOSILICATE (LOKELMA)

Restrictions:

Restricted to specialist initiation in patients with hyperkalaemia (serum potassium >6.0mmol/L) with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 3b to 5 and/or heart failure who would otherwise need to down-titrate or discontinue their renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor (RAASi) therapy to maintain a clinically acceptable serum potassium level. 

Prescribing Notes:

Please refer to section 9.2.1.1 for treatment of acute, life-threatening hyperkalaemia.

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9.2.1.1 Oral potassium - View Category

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SODIUM ZIRCONIUM CYCLOSILICATE (LOKELMA) (oral suspension)

Restrictions:

Restricted to specialist initiation in patients with hyperkalaemia (serum potassium >6.0mmol/L) with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 3b to 5 and/or heart failure who would otherwise need to down-titrate or discontinue their renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor (RAASi) therapy to maintain a clinically acceptable serum potassium level. 

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12.3.4 Mouthwashes, gargles, and dentifrices - View Category

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SODIUM CHLORIDE

9.1.1.1 Oral iron - View Category

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SODIUM FEREDETATE (LIQUID)

Prescribing Notes:

Liquid preparation previously known as sodium ironedetate.

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9.2.1.2 Oral sodium and water - View Category

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SODIUM CHLORIDE

Restrictions:

Restricted to specialist initiation.

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9.5.3 Fluoride - View Category

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SODIUM FLUORIDE

Restrictions:

Restricted to specialist initiation.

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7.4.4 Bladder instillations and urological surgery - View Category

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SODIUM HYALURONATE (CYSTISTAT) (bladder instillation)

11.8.2 Ocular diagnostic and peri-operative preparations and photodynamic treatment - View Category

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Sodium hyaluronate (Intra-ocular injection)

11.4.2 Other anti-inflammatory preparations - View Category

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SODIUM CROMOGLICATE (2%) (EYE DROPS)

Prescribing Notes:

The 2% eye drops are the first-line anti-inflammatory preparation.

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