What Is the Function of Alkalinizing Agent?

Alkalinizing agents are used to treat conditions associated with a low pH in the body. Some medications can work to treat gout and kidney stones by neutralizing uric acid in the blood and urine to keep down inflammation of the joints, and to prevent the formation of stones in the kidney.

What is parenteral alkalinizing agent?

Used for oral or parenteral therapy, sodium bicarbonate is the commonly preferred alkalinizing agent. Others include potassium citrate, calcium carbonate, sodium lactate and calcium acetate.

What is Alkalinization therapy?

Abstract. Urine alkalinization is a treatment regimen that increases poison elimination by the administration of intravenous sodium bicarbonate to produce urine with a pH > or = 7.5.