Calcium gluconate

What it is used for

Calcium Gluconate Injection is indicated for pediatric and adult patients for the treatment of acute symptomatic hypocalcemia.

Side effects, and when to stop

The following serious adverse reactions are also described elsewhere in the labeling:

• Arrhythmias with Concomitant Cardiac Glycoside Use
• End-Organ Damage due to Intravascular Ceftriaxone-Calcium Precipitates
• Tissue Necrosis and Calcinosis
• Hypotension, Bradycardia, and Cardiac Arrhythmias
• Aluminum toxicity

The following adverse reactions associated with the use of calcium gluconate were identified in the literature. Because these reactions are reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not always possible to estimate their frequency reliably or to establish a causal relationship to drug exposure.

Cardiovascular: Vasodilation, decreased blood pressure, bradycardia, cardiac arrhythmia, syncope, cardiac arrest

Administration site reactions: Local soft tissue inflammation, local necrosis, calcinosis cutis and calcification due to extravasation

Who should not take it

Calcium Gluconate Injection is contraindicated in:

• Hypercalcemia
• Neonates (28 days of age or younger) receiving ceftriaxone