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What Sueroral is and what it is used for
Serum belongs to a group of medications called salt rehydration formulations.

Serum is indicated for oral replacement of electrolytes and fluids in patients with dehydration particularly associated with acute diarrhea of ​​various origins.

The goal of treatment is to rehydrate the patient and maintain hydration by replenishing subsequent losses caused by diarrhea, vomiting, and normal loss of water until adequate nutrition can be resumed.

You should see a doctor if it worsens or does not improve after 5 days.

How to take Sueroral
Always use this medicine exactly as your doctor or pharmacist has told you. If in doubt, consult your doctor or pharmacist again. Serum will be taken drunk by dissolving the contents of each sachet always in a liter of drinking water. The solution should be prepared and administered at room temperature.
The water, if deemed necessary, may have been boiled previously but not after its preparation.
Other ingredients, such as sugar, should not be added.
The normal dose should be calculated individually based on the patient's weight and the severity of the disease, although the following doses are generally recommended:

Use in children and adolescents
Infants older than one month:
The recommended dose is approximately 1-1.5 times your usual volume of food. It is recommended to administer the solution frequently, in small amounts and slowly
Infants who are given 150 ml of solution per kilogram of body weight in less than 24 hours should drink water frequently to quench their thirst.

Children from 1 year:
The recommended dose is approximately 200 ml of solution for each diarrheal stool. It is recommended to administer the solution frequently, in small amounts and slowly.
In children, especially if they are weak or vomiting, it is advisable to administer the solution at a rate of 25 to 30 ml at intervals of 10 to 15 minutes.
In cases of great weakness, the solution can be administered by nasogastric tube.
If dehydration is low and, in children under 2 years of age, the first day of treatment, a single dose of water will be administered for every two doses of Sueroral solution, all of the same volume.
In the following days, drink water frequently.

Adults:
The recommended dose is 200 to 400 ml of solution for each diarrheal stool.
There is no maximum recommended daily dose so the solution can be administered freely since the thirst of the patient regulates the amount of Serum.

Seniors:
The recommended dose is the same as for adults.

Impaired liver function:
In this case a dose adjustment is not necessary.

Impaired kidney function:
In patients with impaired renal function, Serum should not be taken under any circumstances.

In patients with very frequent diarrhea, they should be encouraged to drink, and in the very weak, help.

In cases of severe dehydration that are treated intravenously with Ringer's serum or physiological solution, once the shock has expired and the patient can drink, treatment with the oral solution can be continued.

Duration of treatment: It is recommended to continue the treatment while the diarrhea lasts, and once it is over, until the doctor considers it necessary, which is normally achieved in 4 or 5 days.

If you take more Serum than you should
In case of overdose or accidental ingestion, immediately consult your doctor or pharmacist or call the Toxicological Information Service, telephone: 91 562 04 20 (indicating the medicine and the amount ingested)
The symptom you will notice will be a swelling of the eyelids, if this happens you will have to stop taking Sueroral.

If you forget to take Sueroral
Do not take a double dose to make up for a forgotten dose.

If you have any further questions on the use of this medicine, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

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