Dosage form: injection, solution
Drug class:Minerals and electrolytes
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TRACE ELEMENT ADDITIVE FOR IV USE AFTER DILUTION
Selenium Injection Description
Selenium Injection is a sterile, nonpyrogenic solution for use as an additive to solutions for Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN).
Each mL contains Selenious Acid 65.4 mcg (equivalent to elemental selenium 40 mcg/mL) and Water for Injection q.s. pH may be adjusted with nitric acid to 1.8 to 2.4.
Selenium Injection - Clinical Pharmacology
Selenium is part of glutathione peroxidase which protects cell components from oxidative damage due to peroxides produced in cellular metabolism.
Prolonged TPN support in humans has resulted in selenium deficiency symptoms which include muscle pain and tenderness. The symptoms have been reported to respond to supplementation of TP...
