What Dioralyte Relief Blackcurrant sachets is and what it is used for?
Dioralyte Relief Blackcurrant sachets works by replacing the water and salts lost from your body when you have diarrhoea. It helps the watery stools returns to normal. It contains pre-cooked rice powder and salts (these are sodium citrate and potassium chloride). The powder is mixed with water before taking.
Is Dioralyte Relief Sachets suitable for Pregnant or Breast-feeding ?
Ask your doctor or Medicine Marketplace Pharmacist for advice before taking any medicine, if you are pregnant or breast-feeding. This includes if you are planning to get pregnant or think that you might be pregnant.
What are the Special care do I have to take with Dioralyte Relief?
- You have something called an “electrolyte” imbalance (unusual levels of salts in your body).
- You are on a low potassium or low sodium diet.
- The child taking the medicine is under 1 year old , Infants under the age of 2 years with diarrhoea should be seen by a health care provider as soon as possible. If you are not sure if any of the above apply to you, talk to your doctor or Medicine Marketplace Pharmacist before taking Dioralyte Relief.
How to take Dioralyte Relief Sachets ?
If you’re not sure how to take this medicine, check with your doctor or contact Medicine Marketplace pharmacist.
Preparing this medicine.
Dioralyte Relief must be mixed with water before taking.
- Prepare just before the medicine is going to be taken. Do not make in advance. If you are giving it to a baby over the course of the day, you can keep the drink in a refrigerator for up to 24 hours.
- Only dissolve the powder in water. Do not dissolve it in anything else.
- Use fresh drinking water for adults and children over 1 year old. If fresh water is not available, use water which has been freshly boiled and cooled.
- Always use water which has been freshly boiled and cooled for babies aged 3 months to 1 year.
How many sachets to take?
Adults (including the elderly) and children over 1 year
- One Sachet after each loose stool.
- You can take up to 5 sachets each day, for up to 3 to 4 days. Do not take more than 5 sachets in 24 hours.
Babies aged 3 months to 1 year (To be given under the guidance of a doctor).
- The amount depends on how much the baby weighs. The usual dose is 150-200ml of the drink for each kg of the baby’s weight, each day. This can be given over 24 hours.
- Give half the drink during the first 8 hours and the other half during the next 16 hours.
- Ask your doctor or Medicine Marketplace pharmacist if you are not sure how much to give.
- If your baby is being sick, you can give 5-10 ml (one or two teaspoon) every 5 minutes. This can be gradually increased until they are able to drink normally.
What Dioralyte Relief contains?
The Active substance are pre-cooked rice powder, sodium citrate, sodium chloride and potassium chloride. The Other ingredients are hypromellose, aspartame, blackcurrant flavour, purified water and ethanol 96%.
Like all medicines, Dioralyte Relief can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them. However, if your notice anything unusual, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. You should not normally have any side effects.
Stop taking Dioralyte Relief and see a doctor or go to a hospital straight away if.
You have an allergic reaction. The signs may include a rash, swallowing or breathing problems, swelling of your lips, face, throat or tongue.
This product is typically dispatched within 1-2 working days from date of order
Please note that we do not operate at the weekends. Orders placed after 2pm Friday will not get processed until the following Monday morning.
Standard Delivery
Our standard delivery charge is £2.90.
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