Drug details

Tham (tromethamine injection)

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Tham (tromethamine injection, solution) is a parenteral systemic alkalizer and fluid replenisher indicated for the prevention and correction of metabolic acidosis. In the following conditions it may help to sustain vital functions and thus provide time for treatment of the primary disease: metabolic acidosis associated with cardiac bypass surgery, correction of acidity of ACD blood in cardiac bypass surgery, and metabolic acidosis associated with cardiac arrest.

This drug may have the following side effects:

• fever,
• respiratory depression,
• perivascular infiltration,
• temporary low blood sugar,
• liver damage,
• infection at the site of injection,
• venous thrombosis or phlebitis extending from the site of injection,
• fluid leakage from the site of injection, and
• fluid overload