Sodium Bicarbonate

BOSTON — Adding sodium bicarbonate to steroid lidocaine injections for patients with certain hand conditions who also have high anxiety about undergoing hand injections may provide a less painful injection experience, results showed.

BOSTON – In this video interview, Christy S. Harris, PharmD, BCOP, FHOPA, talked about poster sessions presented at Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association Annual Meeting.

Published findings suggest that, for patients with chronic kidney disease, a higher dose of sodium bicarbonate lowered urinary ammonium excretion and increased serum bicarbonate more than a lower dose. However, the higher dose was associated with a greater increase in urinary albumin excretion.

Treating metabolic acidosis with sodium bicarbonate was associated with preserved kidney function and lower all-cause mortality rates for patients with chronic kidney disease, according to a published study.