Magnesium chloride

Generic name
Magnesium chloride
Brand name
ATC Code
A12CC01
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Magnesium chloride

Dosages
Side effects in children
Warnings & precautions in children
Contra-indications in children

Interactions
PK
Renal impairment
References

Pharmacokinetics in children

No information

dose recommendation of formulary compared to licensed use (on-label versus off-label)

No information is present at this moment.

Available formulations

No information is present at this moment.

Dosages

Hypomagnesaemia in convulsions
  • Intravenous
    • Term neonate
      • 10% magnesium chloride (0.5 mmol/ml): 0.08 mmol/kg/dose in 30 min.

      • Under ECG monitoring. Dose depending on the plasma concentration.

        No clinical studies have been carried out into the application of magnesium chloride in neonates with hypomagnesaemia and convulsions.
Maintenance requirement for magnesium in TPN
  • Intravenous
    • < 3 kg
      • 0.15 mmol/kg/day, continuous infusion.

      • Do not administer undiluted. Dose depending on the plasma concentration.
        Dosage corresponds to 0.3 ml/kg/day of 10% magnesium chloride (0.5 mmol/ml)

    • 3 up to 10 kg
      • 0.25 mmol/kg/day, continuous infusion.

      • Do not administer undiluted. Dose depending on the plasma concentration.
        Dosage corresponds to 0.5 ml/kg/day of 10% magnesium chloride (0.5 mmol/ml)

    • ≥ 10 kg
      • 0.12 mmol/kg/day, continuous infusion.

      • Do not administer undiluted. Dose depending on the plasma concentration.
        Dosage corresponds to 0.25 ml/kg/day of 10% magnesium chloride (0.5 mmol/ml)

         

Renal impaiment in children > 3 months

No information available on dose adjustment in renal impairment.

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Side effects

No information is present at this moment.

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Contra-indications

No information available on specific contra indications in children.

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Warnings & precautions in children

Watch out for arrhythmia and hypotension.

Interactions

The complete list of all interactions can be found in the national Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) – click here

OTHER MINERAL SUPPLEMENTS

This pages provides a list of drugs from the same ATC class for comparison. This does not necessarily mean that these drugs are interchangeable.

Sodium
A12CA01
Zinc
A12CB01
Magnesium
A12CC05
A12CC04
A12CC03
A12CC02
Selenium
A12CE02
Other mineral products
A12CX
MAGNESIUM
A12CC05
A12CC04
A12CC03
A12CC02
OTHER MINERAL PRODUCTS
A12CX

Reference

  1. Rademaker C.M.A. et al, Geneesmiddelen-Formularium voor Kinderen, 2007

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