COMPOSITION :

ALFARES-K 375: Each 5 ml of oral solution contains 375 mg potassium chloride equal to 7.5% w/v (Equivalent to 1 millimole of potassium per mL).

MECHANISM OF ACTION :

The potassium ion is the principal intracellular cation of most body tissues. Potassium ions participate in a number of essential physiological processes including the maintenance of intracellular tonicity, the transmission of nerve impulses, the contraction of cardiac, skeletal and smooth muscle and the maintenance of normal renal function.

INDICATIONS AND USAGE :

• For the treatment of patients with hypokalemia, with or without metabolic alkalosis; in digitalis intoxication; and in patients with hypokalemic familial periodic paralysis.
• For the prevention of hypokalemia in patients who would be at particular risk if hypokalemia were to develop.

DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION : The drug should be administered with food

Adults :

The usual daily dose is 750 mg to 3750 mg potassium chloride daily in divided doses.

Dosage must be adjusted to the individual needs of each patient.

Children :

Up to 1 year : The usual dose is 35 – 55 mg/kg /day in divided amounts after food.

1 to 12 years: The usual dose is 35 – 75 mg/kg /day in divided amounts after food.

HOW SUPPLIED :

ALFARES-K 375 : Oral Solution 100 ml in Glass bottle.