Drug details

Elcys (cysteine hydrochloride injection)

type of Nutritional Supplements

Elcys (cysteine hydrochloride injection) is a sulfur-containing amino acid indicated to meet the nutritional requirements of newborn infants requiring total parenteral nutrition (TPN); and of adult and pediatric patients with severe liver disease who may have impaired enzymatic processes and require TPN. It can also be added to amino acid solutions to provide a more complete profile of amino acids for protein synthesis.

The drug is often used to treat Liver disease .

This drug may have the following side effects:

• hives,
• difficulty breathing, and
• swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat

The following drugs are related to Elcys, either as a replacement or used together:

• Aminosyn II Injection (amino acid injection)
• Aminosyn PF 10% Sulfite Free (amino acid injection 10% pediatric formula)
• Aminosyn HF 8% (amino acid injection hepatic formula)
• Aminosyn HBC 7% Sulfite Free (amino acid injection high branched chain)
• Aminosyn II in Dextrose (amino acid injection in dextrose injection)
• Aminosyn II 4.25% in 25% Dextrose (amino acid injection in dextrose injection)
• Aminosyn II 3.5% in 5% Dextrose (amino acid injection in dextrose injection)
• Aminosyn II 3.5% in 25% Dextrose (amino acid injection in dextrose injection)
• Aminosyn II 8.5% (amino acid injection with electrolytes)
• Prosol (amino acids injection, for intravenous use)
• Kabiven (amino acids, electrolytes, dextrose and lipid injectable emulsion)
• Perikabiven (amino acids, electrolytes, dextrose and lipid injectable emulsion for intravenous use)
• Aminosyn Electrolytes (crystalline amino acid solution with electrolytes)
• Aminosyn Sulfite Free (crystalline amino acid solution)
• Chromium (chromium chloride injection solution)
• Nouress (cysteine hydrochloride injection)
• Omegaven (fish oil triglycerides injectable emulsion)
• Intralipid 10% (10% i.v fat emulsion)
• Intralipid 20% (20% i.v. fat emulsion)
• Nutrilipid (20% soybean oil i.v. fat emulsion)
• Smoflipid (smoflipid)
• Tralement (trace elements)