Dioralyte Relief Sachets Raspberry

Description

• Dioralyte Relief is recommended for the replacement of essential body water and salts in the treatment of acute diarrhoea. During diarrhoea the body loses water and salts and replaces these whilst at the same time helping watery stools return to normal more rapidly
• Early use is important to avoid dehydration, especially in the young and elderly
• Available in Raspberry and Blackcurrent flavour

Directions

• Make up the contents of one Dioralyte Relief sachet in 200ml (approximately 7 fluid ounces) of drinking water. Use fresh drinking water for adults and children. Where drinking water is unavailable the water should be freshly boiled and cooled. The liquid should be made up immediately before use and any liquid not used after 1 hour (or 24 hours if stored in a refrigerator) should be discarded. Dioralyte Relief Blackcurrant when made up in water is a milky coloured liquid
  Dose - unless prescribed otherwise by a doctor.
• Adults, the elderly and children - One sachet after each loose motion (watery stool) up to a maximum of 5 sachets per day for 3-4 days
• Infants aged 3 months to 1 year - should be given Dioralyte Relief only under medical supervision
• Dioralyte Relief Blackcurrant should not be given to infants under 3 months. Infants under the age of 2 with diarrhoea should be seen by a doctor as soon as possible

Active Ingredients

Each sachet contains

• Pre-Cooked Rice Powder 6g
• Sodium Citrate 580mg
• Sodium Chloride 350mg
• Potassium Chloride 300mg
  

Caution

• Do not use if you suffer from phenylketonuria 
• Product contains up to 2.5 vol % ethanol (alcohol) equvialent of 4ml beer or 1.7ml wine per dose, this may be harmful for those suffering from alcoholism and should be taken into account in pregnant, breast-feeding women, children and high risk groups such as patients with liver disease or epilepsy

Consult your doctor or pharmacist if you

• Are suffering from intestinal obstruction
• Have kidney or liver disease or a condition where your body salts are disturbed
• Are on a low potassium diet
• Are pregnant or breast-feeding