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No it reacts with polyethlene if kept in there for over one hour is what our pharmcy says.?? You can mix it up and? give over a 10 or so minute bolus but not a drip.? 

RW

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From: Marco Victor Hermeto <hermetomv at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: amiodarone in D5W

rwolfer at aol.com escreveu:?
> Amiodarone needs to be mixed in glass, it is incompatble with plastic. the only fluid that comes in glass is D5W. If giving a bolus it can be mixed in plastic and given rapidly ie over 10 minutes. However the drip must be made in glass as it precipitates in plastic. It is not the saline but the plastic. It is however incompatible with heparin.? this is per my pharmD.? It is very handy to have a pharmD on the service. they always know the answers to the incompatabilty questions.?? >?
>?
> Rebecca Wolfer, MD, FACS, FCCP?
> Associate Professor, Marshall University School of Medicine?
> Dept of Surgery?
> Director Thoracic Surgery?
> Director, Surgical Critical Care Cabell Huntington Hospital?
> Director, Trauma Cabell Huntington Hospital?
>?
> But can amiodarone be mixed with NaCl or D5W in Ecoflac containers? Ecoflac is made from low density polyethylene that not cause precipitation of many drugs.?
Marco V Hermeto?
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