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Pedialyte®


Oral Electrolyte Maintenance Solution

  • To quickly replace fluids and electrolytes lost during diarrhea and vomiting to help prevent dehydration in infants and children; for maintenance of water and electrolytes following corrective parenteral therapy for diarrhea.  Pedialyte is designed to promote fluid absorption more effectively than common household beverages.


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* Extrapolated from Barness LA, Curran JS: Nutrition, in Nelson WE (sr ed), Behrman RE, Kliegman RM, Arvin AM (eds): Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics,ed 15. Philadelphia: WB Saunders Co, 1996, pp 141-143.