
- 5% Dextrose and 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection is used:
- As a source of carbohydrate (sugar).
- To treat a loss of sodium from the blood and the body (sodium depletion).
- To treat a loss of body water, for example after being sick or having diarrhea (extracellular dehydration).
- To treat you, if the volume of blood in your blood vessels is low (hypovolemia).