POTASSIUM CITRATE MIXTURE Solution Ref.[9201] Active ingredients: Potassium citrate

Source: Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB)  Revision Year: 2015  Publisher: L.C.M. Ltd., Linthwaite Laboratories, Huddersfield, HD7 5QH, England

Pharmacodynamic properties

Citrate and citric acid solutions are systematic and urinary alkalinizers thereby providing symptomatic relief of dysuria.

Pharmacokinetic properties

Potassium Citrate is absorbed and the citrate is metabolised to bicarbonate. Citric acid is metabolised to carbon dioxide and water. Oxidation is virtually complete with less than 5% of citrate being excreted unchanged in the urine.

Preclinical safety data

None.

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